JOSEPH HAROLD WADIE vs. ELECTRICITY CO. (GH) LTD [2019]DLHC9022

Date	2019-12-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1557/16
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9022

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

SAMUEL KODJOE FOR PLAINTIFF

AMELIA AGBESI FOR SEYRAM DARBY FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC9022
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOSEPH HAROLD WADIE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ELECTRICITY CO. (GH) LTD<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. LD/1557/16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
19TH DECEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SAMUEL KODJOE 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; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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AMELIA
AGBESI FOR SEYRAM DARBY FOR DEFENDANT&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>

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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 Plaintiff, Joseph Harold Wadie, is
a pensioner while the Defendant is a company incorporated under the laws of
Ghana with the duty to provide electricity for public consumption. Plaintiff’s
case is that he is the owner of a parcel of land measuring 0.16 acres situate
at Agbogbloshie on which he has put up a five (5) storey building which he
intends to use as a hotel. The
said land is covered by Land Title Certificate No. 17010 issued on 3rd
March 2004.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to the Plaintiff, sometime in
July 2016, he had a call from one Mr. Nai Operpeh Omai III, maintenance
engineer of the Electricity Company, who requested for the purchase of a
section of his land to be used by the Defendant for the installation of two (2)
electricity transformers for the expansion of a nearby sub-station. The Plaintiff
claims that he initially declined to sell the land to the Defendant but
subsequently agreed to sell, on condition, that the Defendant would connect the
Plaintiff’s Hotel directly to their sub-station. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In furtherance of this agreement, Plaintiff
met with representatives of the Defendant including Mr. Nai Operpeh Omai III at
the site and a demarcation of the land was done. According to the Plaintiff,
the section of land the Defendant requested for is bounded on the East by Plaintiff's
land measuring 30ft more or less, on the South by ECG sub-station fence wall
measuring 29ft more or less, on the West by a road measuring 13ft more or less
and on the North by a road measuring 43ft more or less, covering an approximate
area of 0.015 of an acre.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>After the demarcation had been done, Plaintiff
claims that at the request of Mr. Nai Operpeh Omai III, he offered to lease the
land in question to the Defendant for a term of fifty (50) years renewable on
expiry and for a consideration of Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand United
States Dollars (US$350,000.00) or its equivalent in cedis. According to the Plaintiff,
subsequent to this offer, the Defendant, acting through its maintenance
engineer, Mr. Nai Operpeh Omai III, informed him that it was no longer
interested in acquiring the said land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff’s case is that although Defendant
has indicated that it is no longer interested in acquiring the land in
question, it has started excavating a section of the land under which it is
laying cables. Plaintiff further claims that owing to the activities of the Defendant,
a heap of sand, stones and curbs costing Three Thousand Two Hundred Ghana Cedis
(GH¢3,200.00), which he had deposited on the land in question, has been
displaced and destroyed. Wherefore, Plaintiff contends that Defendant has
trespassed onto his land without any justification and will continue to d</main>