[2020]DLHC16480 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">MAVIS AMPAH<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">WILLIAM TINDANA<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SUIT NO. LD/0767/2019 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DATE: 26</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">TH </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">OCTOBER 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KWABENA KUFUOR FOR PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">NANA OPPONG FOR DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Plaintiff’s case<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">By a writ of summons issued on 15<sup>th</sup> May 2019 which was later amended on 19<sup>th</sup> February 2020 to correct the name of the defendant, the plaintiff claimed the following reliefs against the defendant:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">i.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">A declaration by this honourable court that the plaintiff is the owner of all that piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Kokrobite, Accra containing an approximate area of 0.41 of an acre or 0.17 hectare and starting from pillar SGGA 1/88/10/262/69 on a bearing of 215<sup>o</sup>0’57” measuring 26413.93 feet more or less to 1 on a bearing of 234<sup>o</sup>11’ measuring 103.79 feet more or less to 2 on a bearing of 341<sup>o</sup>06’ measuring 200.69 feet more or less to 3 on a bearing of 54<sup>o</sup>11 measuring 84.27 feet more or less to 4 on a bearing of 155<sup>o</sup>37 measuring 195.90 feet more or less to A1, thence closed at pillar SGGA 1/99/10/262/72 on a bearing of 34<sup>o</sup>52’11” measuring 26696.53 feet more or less.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">ii.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Recovery of possession.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">iii.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Perpetual injunction restraining the defendant by himself or his agents, servants, licensees, lessees and assigns or any other person claiming an interest through the defendants from dealing with or entering unto the said property.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">iv.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times Ne