PETER ADJEI FORDJOUR vs. MICHAEL SOWAH [2019]DLHC9138

Date	2019-03-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0514/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9138

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

IDDRISU MUNJAMINU FOR PLAINTIFF

NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC9138
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PETER ADJEI FORDJOUR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MICHAEL SOWAH<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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26TH MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>IDDRISU MUNJAMINU FOR
PLAINTIFF&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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NO
LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR DEFENDANT<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>Plaintiff instituted the instant action
against the Defendant for, among others, a declaration of title to a parcel of
land situate at North West Teshie in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana covered
by land Certificate No. GA 33856, Vol. 02, Folio 868 issued on 5th
October, 2010.&nbsp; He claims that the Defendant
herein is a trespasser on his property. According to the Plaintiff, he acquired
the land in dispute from one Charles Osei in 2010. He claims that at the time
of purchase, Charles Osei, the vendor, already had a Land Title certificate
evidencing his interest in the said land. The Plaintiff further traced his
vendor’s root of title to a Real Estate Company called New England Estates
Limited that also had a Land Title Certificate covering its interest. He
further claimed that the said New England Estate Limited acquired its interest
from the Lenshie Quarter of Teshie who had also registered their title in a
larger parcel of land at the Land Title Registry Division of the Lands
Commission. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff’s case is that sometime
in January 2018, the Defendant, who claims to be the Secretary to the La Stool,
trespassed upon the land in dispute by starting construction works thereon without
his consent or permission. Plaintiff claims that upon reporting this incident
to the Property Fraud Unit of the Ghana Police Service, the Anti Land Guard
Service stopped the Defendant and his workmen from continuing the construction
works on the disputed land but the Defendant and his workmen returned to the
land after the Police had left the site.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff maintains that any interest Defendant
may have had in the disputed land has been extinguished by the Limitation Act
(NRCD 54) and caught by the equitable doctrines of laches and acquiescence. He
is therefore seeking the intervention of this court for the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the disputed land situate at North West Teshie in the Greater
Accra Region of Ghana registered and covered by land Certificate No. GA 33856,
Volume 02, Folio 868 dated 5th October, 2010 belongs to the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the Defendant’s activities on the disputed land amounts to
trespass to the Plaintiff’s land.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp</main>