GHANA PUBLISHING COMPANY LTD vs. A.E. O. ADUSEI & 7 ORS [2019]DLHC8983

Date	2019-05-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IRL/129/15
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8983

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)

JAMES MENSAH KULLEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF

NII AKWEI BRUCE THOMPSON FOR DEFENDANTS

[2019]DLHC8983
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GHANA PUBLISHING COMPANY
LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>A.E. O. ADUSEI &amp; 7 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION 7), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. IRL/129/15&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 30TH MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JAMES MENSAH KULLEY FOR THE
PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NII
AKWEI BRUCE THOMPSON FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The case of the Plaintiffs as captured
by their Statement of Claim is that the Plaintiff Company formerly known as the
Ghana Publishing Corporation is a Public Limited Liability Company incorporated
under the laws of the Republic of Ghana. And that Ghana Publishing Corporation
was established as a body corporate by the Ghana Publishing Corporation
Instrument, 1970, L. I. 672.<o:p></o:p>That the Defendants were former
employees of the then Ghana Publishing Corporation now Ghana Publishing
Company.<o:p></o:p>That the Defendants are occupants of the
subject houses belonging to Plaintiff Company.<o:p></o:p>It is the case of the Plaintiff that
the Defendants occupation of the houses the subject matter of this suit is
unlawful, illegal and amounts to trespass.<o:p></o:p>According to the Plaintiff, somewhere
in 1968 Ghana Publishing Corporation applied to the Tema Development Corporation
for the allocation of some forty-four (44) houses to it under a House Ownership
Scheme.&nbsp; According to the Plaintiff thirty-four
(34) of the houses are in Community 7, Tema whiles ten (10) are in Community 8,
Tema.<o:p></o:p>And that somewhere, 1969, Tema
Development Corporation offered the fourth-four (44) houses to Ghana Publishing
Corporation under a House Ownership Scheme (Hire Purchase basis) and Ghana
Publishing Corporation paid the required deposits for the houses and the houses
were allocated to it.<o:p></o:p>That the Plaintiff later made full
payment of the forty-four houses to Tema Development Corporation.<o:p></o:p>It is the case of the Plaintiff that among
the houses which were offered to Ghana Publishing Corporation by the Tema
Development Corporation are House Nos. AN 38, AO 30, AM 31, AO 46, AN 39, AO
36, AO 40, AM 17, AM 21, AO 48, AO
44, AO 35, AN 39, AN 33, AN 37, AM 23, AN 36, AN 34, AO 34; all in Community 7,
Tema and E 14, E 18, E 7, E 8, E 3, E 16, E 12; all in Community 8, Tema.<o:p></o:p>And
that subsequent to the allocation of
the said houses to Ghana Publishing Corporation, it took possession of same and
exercised acts of ownership by allocating same to its employees. The case of
the Plaintiff is that the houses being occupied by the Defendants are part of
the forty-four houses Ghana Publishing Corporation bought from Tema Development
Corporation and allocated to its employees.<o:p></o:p>And that the houses being occupied by
the Defendants were originally allocated to the following former employees of
Plaintiff as duty post accommodation:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
E. 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A. E. O. ADUSEI<o:p></o:p>