NANA KWAME ASARE vs. MARVELOUS KWASI ADABLA [2019]DLHC9130

Date	2019-12-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1097/19
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9130

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

KOFI HAYFORD HOLDING BRIEF FOR DAVID VANDYK FOR PLAINTIFF

ALFRED BOAKYE FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC9130
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA KWAME ASARE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MARVELOUS KWASI ADABLA<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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17TH DECEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KOFI HAYFORD HOLDING BRIEF
FOR DAVID VANDYK FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ALFRED
BOAKYE FOR DEFENDANT&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>Plaintiff’s case is that in 2005, he
and his ex-wife, Christiana Amoako jointly acquired a parcel of land from the
Osu Wem family and the indenture evidencing this transaction was registered as
AR/2570/2005. According to the Plaintiff, after acquiring the land, they secured
it with corner pillars and built a foundation. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Subsequently in 2015, they tried to
sell it to one Kwodjo Bentsi Enchill but the deal fell through. Plaintiff
claims that recently, the Defendant trespassed on this land and has started
work on same. Plaintiff is therefore praying for declaration of title damages
for trespass, recovery of possession and perpetual injunction against the
defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In his application for injunction Plaintiff
repeated the averments in his statement of claim and prayed for an order
restraining the Defendant from developing the land in dispute until the
determination of its rightful owner.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendant in his statement of
defence and affidavit in opposition to the motion for injunction contended that
he acquired the land in dispute from Christiana Amoako who was the legal owner
of the said land by virtue of a transfer made of the land in dispute to her by Plaintiff.
He claimed that searches he conducted at the Land Title Registry before
acquiring the land revealed that it belonged to Christiana Amoako. The Defendant
pleaded in the alternative that he is a bona fide purchaser for value without
notice of Plaintiff’s interest in the property in dispute, if any.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In a supplementary affidavit in support
filed by Counsel for Plaintiff, Plaintiff alleges that he has no knowledge of
the purported transfer of his interest in the land in dispute to the Defendant’s
grantors and claims that the said document is a complete forgery. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In a supplementary affidavit in
opposition filed by Counsel for the Defendant, the Defendant contended that his
grantor singlehandedly financed the purchase of the land in dispute and that
the Plaintiff had no interest whatsoever in the said land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the case of<span style="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 (2012) SCGLR 259 it
was held that in an application for interlocutory injunction, the Applicant must
establish the following;<o:p></o:p>