NII STEPHEN MALEY NAI vs. EAST DADEKOTOPON DEVELOPMENT TRUST [2019]DLSC6358

Date	2019-05-08
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/61/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC6358

ADINYIRA (MRS.) JSC (PRESIDING)

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

KOTEY JSC

KENNETH KUDUADZI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT

N. S. AKUETTEH WITH HIM JACOB NOI FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLSC6358
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII
STEPHEN MALEY NAI<o:p></o:p>{PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT}<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EAST
DADEKOTOPON DEVELOPMENT TRUST&nbsp;&nbsp; {DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT}<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPEAL NO. J4/61/2018&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: 8TH MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KENNETH
KUDUADZI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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S. AKUETTEH WITH HIM JACOB NOI FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ADINYIRA (MRS.) JSC (PRESIDING), BAFFOE-BONNIE
JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC, KOTEY JSC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>KOTEY,
JSC:-<o:p></o:p>This appeal brings into sharp focus the problems and challenges of land ownership and
management as land values soar on the back of urbanization and land use change
as what was previously farming land becomes very valuable, prime, residential
land. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The land in dispute is situate at La (behind the
Trade Fair). Over the years citizens and families of La have farmed and/or
settled on the land. With time, population growth, migration and urbanization,
the demand for the land exploded exponentially and so did the price. &nbsp;An
avalanche of litigation was soon unleashed in respect of these lands.&nbsp; In all these cases, the primary issues have
been who is the proper authority to make valid grants of land behind the Trade
Fair. Is it the family that has farmed and/ or settled on the land, a quarter
(a quarter to which a family belongs) or the La Paramount Stool?<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Prominent and relevant among these cases, for the
determination of this appeal are;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
I.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Suit No.
L353/97<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nii Kpobi Tettey Tsuru III (La Mantse)
&nbsp;v Ato Quarshie &amp; Ors (HC, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12th July &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2001 unreported)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
II.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Suit No. BL
238/2008<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nii Manley Osokrono IV &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;v
&nbsp;Attorney General and Lands
Commission &nbsp; (HC,7th &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; December 2010, unreported)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></</main>