ISAAC ACKON vs. MR. EMMAZALA & 16 ORS. AND ABIGAIL OBAKA [2020]DLCA8852

Date	2020-01-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/52/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8852

IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS. ( J.A) (MEMBER)

MILLS-TETTEH J.

NANA KONDUA FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

PHILIP YOUNG FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS

[2020]DLCA8852
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISAAC ACKON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/
APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MR. EMMAZALA &amp; 16 ORS.
(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/
RESPONDENTS) AND ABIGAIL OBAKA (CO-DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.
H1/52/2019&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: 29TH
JANUARY, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NANA
KONDUA FOR 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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PHILIP YOUNG FOR THE
DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>IRENE
CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS. ( J.A)
(MEMBER), MILLS-TETTEH J. (SITTING AS ADDITIONAL COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>IRENE CHARITY LARBI&nbsp;
(MRS) J.A.<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
action commenced from The District Court, Takoradi. Per his Writ of Summons, the
Plaintiff claimed against the Defendants for (1) Recovery of possession or
ejectment to enable Plaintiff to pull down the premises and construct new
premises; (2) Recovery of possession or ejectment for non-payment of rent and
(3) Rent arrears.<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Mrs.
Abigail Obaka successfully applied to be joined to the suit as a Co-Defendant and
counter-claimed against the Plaintiff for (1) An order cancelling the receipt
of the purported sale as well as the Deed of Assignment between Chief Ogor Emamor
and Plaintiff; (2) An order setting aside the purported sale and/or lease of
Plot No.79 and the house thereon and (3) Perpetual injunction restraining the
Plaintiff from interfering with the Defendant’s occupation of the said house.<o:p></o:p>BRIEF
FACTS OF CASE:<o:p></o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Plaintiff’s case is that he purchased the property in dispute House No. 41/4
Yaw Road, Takoradi situate on Plot No. 79 for a valuable consideration of Ten
Thousand US dollars (US$10,000.00) from Chief Ogor Emamor around June, 2002. He
was issued with a receipt as well as a Deed of Assignment. According to the
Plaintiff, before he purchased the property in contention he made a search at
the Lands Commission, Sekondi through his lawyer Mr. Amaning. The search report
revealed that the said Chief Emamor was the owner of the property by virtue of
a lease executed between him and the Government of Ghana. According to the
Plaintiff, the property was in a very poor state of disrepair so he gave notice
to all the tenants in the house including the Defendants to quit from the house for him to demolish and reconstruct a new
house on the land. He obtained a permit from Sekondi/Takoradi City Council to
do so. Some of the tenants left the house but the Defendants herein refused to
do so. He therefore had no option than to institute the action.<o:p></o:p>(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Co-defendant who joined the suit claimed that the house in &nbsp;&nbsp;contention did not belong to Chief Emamor but
rather her late Aunt, Mary Makpoley, a Nigerian. According to the Co-Defendant
Chief Ogor Emamor whom Plaintiff claims sold the house to him was an administrator
together with the late Jijala Kpikpi to the estate of the deceased, Mary
Makpoley. She relied on a judgment of the Circuit Court, Takoradi in support of
her case that the house in question belonged to the said Mary Makpoley. It was
her case therefore, that Chief Emamor, being an administrator of the estate of
the deceased Mary Makpoley, was not the owner of the property to have sold it
for his own benefit.<o:p></o:p>(5)