JOSEPH ACHEAMPONG vs. HANNAH DARKO [2019]DLHC9020

Date	2019-02-07
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0582/17
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9020

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

PETER MENSAH FOR DANIEL BOAFO FOR PLAINTIFF

ADU GYAMFI FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC9020
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOSEPH ACHEAMPONG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HANNAH DARKO<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<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. LD/0582/17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 7TH
FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PETER MENSAH FOR DANIEL
BOAFO FOR PLAINTIFF&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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ADU
GYAMFI FOR DEFENDANT&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>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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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>Before me is a motion on notice for
interlocutory injunction filed by the Plaintiff/Applicant for an order to
restrain the Defendant/Respondent from developing the land in dispute pending
the determination of this suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff’s case as gleaned from
his statement of claim and affidavit in support of the application for
injunction is that he acquired the land in dispute in 2005 from the Dua Dzaanor
Family of Ofankor as evidenced by Exhibit ‘JA1’ which is a receipt for part
payment of land bought at Ofankor. He claims that a lease evidencing the said
transaction was executed by the parties in 2008 as shown in Exhibit ‘JA2’. The Plaintiff
claims further that he deposited 5000 blocks on the land with the intention of
putting up a building and put some caretakers on the land. Shortly thereafter,
he travelled to Belgium but, while there, the Defendant trespassed onto his
land and his grantor took her to Court. Plaintiff claims his grantor obtained
an order of injunction against the Defendant yet she has built a block factory
on the land.&nbsp; Plaintiff’s case is that
the Defendant is seeking to change the nature and character of the land in
dispute and must be restrained to avoid hardship being caused to him. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendant filed a statement of
defence and an affidavit in opposition to the motion on notice for
interlocutory injunction. Her case is that she acquired the land in dispute in
1998 from the Dua Dzaanor family of Ofankor as evidenced by her indenture, Exhibit
‘A’. &nbsp;She further stated that she went
into immediate possession by building a single room on the land in which she
put her sister who has occupied same from its completion. She also stated that
she had caused electricity to be connected to the building and exhibited
electricity bills as Exhibit ‘B’. &nbsp;She
further stated that she had documents from the Ga District Assembly that
attested to the length of time she had spent on the land in dispute. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the case of <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Welford Quarcoo V Attorney-General&amp; Anor<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> (2012) SCGLR 259<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> Date-Bah JSC in summarising the principles governing the grant of
applications for injunction stated that the Applicant must establish: <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>