THE METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP OF THE ACCRA ARCHDIOCESE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH vs. ESTHER TAGOE & 8 ANORS [2019]DLHC9003

THE METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP OF THE ACCRA ARCHDIOCESE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURC... [2019]DLHC9003

Date	2019-04-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/502/15
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9003

HIS LORDSHIP EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)

AKU SHIKA DADZIE FOR THE PLAINTIFF

JAMES MENSAH KULLEY FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2019]DLHC9003
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE METROPOLITAN
ARCHBISHOP OF THE ACCRA<o:p></o:p>ARCHDIOCESE OF THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ESTHER TAGOE &amp; 8 ANORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND COURT 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. FAL/502/15&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 15TH APRIL,
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AKU SHIKA DADZIE 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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JAMES
MENSAH KULLEY FOR THE 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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mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">HIS
LORDSHIP EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the 22nd day of April
2015, the Plaintiffs instituted the present action claiming the following
reliefs against the Defendants:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the Plaintiffs are the bonafide owners of all that piece of
land known as the site for the Accra Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church
in Ghana situate at Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana
whereof at a point at the South West corner of Dodowa Roman Catholic Junior
Secondary School building and running on a bearing of 2170051
for 242.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM1 being the commencement of the site and
thence on a bearing of 1990351 for 177.5 feet to a pillar
marked RCM2 and thence on a bearing of 1990351 for 177.5
feet to a pillar marked RCM3 and thence on a bearing of 2200351
for 147.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM4 and thence on a bearing of 20800351
for 115.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM5 at the bank of Dodowa stream and thence
on a bearing of 2780051 for 186.0 feet to a pillar marked
RCM6 and thence on a bearing of 2730351 for 113.0 feet to
a pillar marked RCM7 and thence on a bearing of 3190051
for 200.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM8 and thence on a bearing 3390351
for 244.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM9 and thence on a bearing of&nbsp; 400051 for 233.5 feet
to a pillar marked RCM10 and thence on a bearing of 5100351
for 111.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM11 and thence on a bearing of 750051
for 174.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM12 and thence on a bearing of 770351
for 77.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM13 and thence on a bearing 1230351
for 232.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM 14 and thence on a bearing of 1400001
for 151.0 feet to a pillar marked RCM1 the point of commencement thus enclosing
an area of 9.12 acres for valuable consideration.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of Possession.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
Damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>