ABIGAIL AYORKOR ADDO-QUAYE, SAMUEL QUANSAAH AND WILLIAM ADJEI THOMPSON vs. NII AFLAH II [2020]DLCA9260

ABIGAIL AYORKOR ADDO-QUAYE, SAMUEL QUANSAAH AND WILLIAM ADJEI THOMPSON vs. NII... [2020]DLCA9260

Date	2020-04-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO H1/62/2020
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA9260

PAUL K. GYEASAYOR J. A. (PRESIDING)

AMMA A. GAIZIE J.A.

ERIC K. BAFFOUR J.A

[2020]DLCA9260
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ABIGAIL
AYORKOR ADDO-QUAYE, SAMUEL QUANSAAH AND WILLIAM ADJEI THOMPSON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NII AFLAH II<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO H1/62/2020&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 30TH APRIL, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>PAUL K. GYEASAYOR J. A. (PRESIDING), AMMA A. GAIZIE
J.A., ERIC K. BAFFOUR J.A<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Kyei Baffour J.A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the 25th of October, 2012 the High
Court, Land Division, Accra dismissed the reliefs sought by the Plaintiffs/Appellants
(hereinafter referred to as Plaintiffs) and entered judgment for the
Defendant/Respondent (hereinafter referred to as the Defendant). The Plaintiffs
claiming to be the administrators of the estate of Theresa Yarley Addo-Quaye (decd),
had sought the following reliefs endorsed on their amended writ:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Declaration of title to all that parcel of land
 being and situate at North Odorkor, Accra and bounded on the north-east by
 Gbawe Tawiah Family land measuring 100 [sic] more or less, on the
 south-west by Gbawe Tawiah Family land measuring 75 [sic] more or less and
 on the south-east by Gbawe Tawiah Family land measuring 90’ [sic] more or
 less, on the north-west by Gbawe Tawiah Family land, measuring 90’ [sic]
 more or less and covering an area of approximately 0.22 or an acre.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="2" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="3" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Perpetual injunction to restrain the Defendant,
 his assigns, workmen, privies or anyone claiming any right or interest
 through or from them in any way dealing with the said land or interfering
 with the Plaintiff’s interest in the said land.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiffs had advanced their claim that the deceased
Theresa Addo-Quaye purchased two plots of land at Chuim, Odorkor from the Gbawe
Tawiah Family, then represented by Daniel Seth Botchway with the concurrence of
the principal elders of the said family and same was evidenced by a conveyance
in 1975 for the first land.&nbsp; That the
said deceased Theresa Addo-Quaye again purchased the res litiga on the 14th of July, 1978. And with that
Theresa Addo-Quaye went into immediate possession by erecting temporary
structures and also put some mechanics on part of the land. And it was not
until December, 2009 that Defendant sent a letter to their licensees to vacate
the land which was followed by an unauthorized dumping of sand and stones by
the Defendant. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendant on the other hand maintained that his
family made a gift of 0.19 of an acre of land in 1975 to the mother of 1st
Plaintiff and 0.22 acre of land to one S. Lawson. That his predecessor, Daniel
Seth Botchway inadvertently gave the land of Lawson to Theresa Addo-Quaye. The
family upon realizing this mistake gave a different land to the deceased
Theresa Addo-Quaye which she has been occupying till her death and has passed
on to her children. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>After a full trial the learned trial Judge dismissed
the claims of the Plaintiffs and entered judgment for the Defendant. Piqued by
the decision of the High Court, the Plaintiffs have appealed and mounted the
following as the grounds of appeal which are contained in the Amended Notice of
Appeal filed pursuant to leave granted by the court on the 20th of
March, 2019.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">The judgment of the learned trial Judge is against
 the weight of evidence adduced.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">The learned trial Judge erred in law in the
 allocation of the burden of proof.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Particulars of
Error of Law<</main>