ASAFOATSE KPLA III vs. EDWINA ACQUAH [2019]DLHC8998

Date	2019-06-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/578/15
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8998

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

S. K. AMOAH FOR PLAINTIFF

BERNICE ODURO KWARTENG FOR ANDREW APPAU OBENG FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC8998
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ASAFOATSE KPLA III<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EDWINA ACQUAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION), 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. FAL/578/15&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
27TH JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>S. K. AMOAH FOR PLAINTIFF &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; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BERNICE
ODURO KWARTENG FOR ANDREW APPAU OBENG FOR DEFENDANT&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

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HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The facts of this case are that the Plaintiff,
Asafoatse Kpla III, is a traditional ruler who lives in Nungua while the
Defendant, Edwina Acquah, lives at Teshie. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff’s case is that by a Deed of
Assignment dated 11th April 2014, he acquired a parcel of land
located at Okpoi Gonno in the Greater Accra Region from one Gladstone Sawyerr. &nbsp;His grantor also acquired his interest in the
land in dispute from the Tsie We family of Teshie who are the registered
proprietors of a larger parcel of land within which the one in dispute falls. &nbsp;Before assigning his interest in the land in
dispute to the Plaintiff, the Plaintiff’s grantor had registered his title in
the said land. &nbsp;The Plaintiff has also
since obtained a Land Title Certificate covering the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff claims that at the time
he acquired the land in dispute, it was bounded on three (3) sides by developed
and occupied properties which were enclosed by fence walls. &nbsp;The frontage which abuts a road had no fence
wall. &nbsp;When he took possession of the
land with the aim of developing it, the Defendant also entered the land with a
view to develop it and allowed third parties to place kiosks on the land. &nbsp;The Plaintiff lodged a complaint against the
Defendant with the Police who advised the parties to take legal action. &nbsp;The Plaintiff maintains that the Defendant’s
grantors are not the lawful owners of the land in dispute and therefore have no
interest therein to convey to the Defendant. &nbsp;He is therefore seeking the intervention this Court
to grant him the following reliefs against the Defendant;<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
of title to all that parcel of land situate at Okpoi Gonno, Accra covered by a Deed
of Assignment made by Gladstone Sawyerr in favour of the Plaintiff and
subsequently registered per Land Certificate No. GA 49828 in Land Register Vol.
02 Folio 1355<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of possession of the land described in relief (1) above<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
for trespass<o:p></o:p>