ALHAJI IDDI AMADI vs. MAVIS ABENA ANAAFI [2019]DLHC9143

Date	2019-02-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0294/17
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9143

REBECCA N. S. SITTIE (MRS) ‘J’

AUBREY TSATSU TAMAKLOE FOR PLAINTIFF

NKRABEA EFFAH DARTEH FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC9143
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ALHAJI IDDI AMADI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MAVIS ABENA ANAAFI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></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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22ND FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AUBREY TSATSU TAMAKLOE 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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NKRABEA
EFFAH DARTEH FOR DEFENDANT&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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REBECCA N. S. SITTIE (MRS) ‘J’<o:p></o:p>

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</div>Plaintiff’s
claims the following relief endorsed on the Writ of Summons:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration of title in the land described
in the schedule in the Statement of Claim as all that parcel or piece of land
situate, lying and being at Achiaman, in the Greater Accra Region of the
Republic of Ghana and containing approximately 0.23 acres (0.119 hectare) more
or less which piece or parcel of land is particularly delineated and edged pink
colour on Survey Plan No Z1176 annexed to the Land Certificate No. GA 46559.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of possession from Defendant.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual injunction to restrain the
Defendant, his/her agents, assigns and workmen from entering the land for
whatever purpose.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Defendant
failed to file any Statement of Defence so Plaintiff was granted interlocutory
judgment in default of Defence on 15th June 2017. Defendant applied
to set aside the interlocutory judgment and for leave to defend the action. The
application was grant with an order for Defendant to file her Statement of
Defendant within seven days of the order. Defendant failed to abide by the
order of the Court. On 19th March 2018 Plaintiff was granted an
interlocutory judgment in default of Defence. Plaintiff was ordered to file his
Witness Statement with date set down for Plaintiff to prove his case on 29th
March 2018 at 10:30 am. Defendant’s Counsel John Appiah Esq. filed a Notice of Withdrawal
on 4th April 2018 after Counsel had been served with Hearing Notice
for Plaintiff to prove his case on the 29th March 2018. &nbsp;The application for withdrawal was moved and
granted on 18th May 2018.<o:p></o:p>Defendant
filed a Notice of Change of Solicitor on 20th April 2018 in the
person of Nkrabea Effah Darteh. When the new Counsel for Defendant came to Court
on 23rd April the issue of Order 75 came up. The Court adjourned to
27th June 2018 for Defendant to cross-examine Plaintiff. The&nbsp; &nbsp;case
suffered several adjournments at the instance of Defendant. Counsel finally
moved his application for leave to file Defence out of time on the 30th
July 2018. The Court granted the application for Defendant to file her
Statement of Defence out of time by 15th October 2018 because of the
vacation. &nbsp;As at 12th December
2018, Defendant had not filed her Statement of Defence. Counsel for Plaintiff
moved the</main>