IBRAHIM BABA ALHASSAN vs. BABA IDDRISU SOROGHO [2019]DLHC9017

Date	2019-06-07
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0664/16
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9017

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

AMPONSAH-DADZIE FOR PLAINTIFF

MICHAEL AKANBEK FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC9017
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IBRAHIM BABA ALHASSAN<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BABA IDDRISU SOROGHO<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
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7TH JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AMPONSAH-DADZIE 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; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MICHAEL
AKANBEK FOR DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The facts of this case are that the Plaintiff,
Ibrahim Baba Alhassan, is a business man resident in Accra while the Defendant,
Baba Iddrisu or Baba Iddrisu Seidu Sorogho is the Managing Director of Sorogho
Ltd.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff’s case is that, by an
indenture dated 15th March
2016, he acquired the land in dispute from a Taiwanese businessman called
Huang Ching-Tiem and is in the process of registering his title in the said
land at the Land Title Registration Division of the Lands Commission. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>He claims that his vendor, Huang
Ching-Tiem, acquired his interest in the land in dispute from Sabah Estates Development Ltd in 1996
while Sabah Estates Development Limited also acquired its interest in the land
in dispute from Nii Ashikwei Oshiapem, the Dzasetse of Lenshie Quarter of
Teshie. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff claims further that
before acquiring the land in dispute, he conducted an official search at the
Lands Commission and was satisfied, from its outcome, that his vendor was a
registered proprietor of the land in dispute. He further claims that there were
dwarf footings on the land in dispute when he acquired it for the purpose of
constructing a dwelling house. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff states that he took
possession of the land without obstruction from any quarters and enjoyed quiet
possession of same until the Defendant, in recent times, entered the land
forcefully and began to develop it in spite of Plaintiff’s resistance to this
intrusion. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff maintains that the Defendant
will not stop developing the land in dispute if the Court does not
intervene.&nbsp; He is therefore claiming, per
the endorsement on his writ of summons, the following reliefs; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;