ALHAJI IBRAHIM vs. NAJIM INDUSTRIES LTD AND LANDS COMMISSION [2020]DLHC16497

Date	2020-07-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0072/19
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC16497

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

RAYMOND BAGNABU FOR PLAINTIFF.

ABIGAIL RAMA WILLIAMS HOLDING BRIEF FOR FRANK BEECHAM FOR 1ST DEFENDANT.

ANITA NYAMEKYE FOR 2ND DEFENDANT.

[2020]DLHC16497
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ALHAJI IBRAHIM <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NAJIM INDUSTRIES LTD AND
LANDS COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o: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;">

SUIT NO. LD/0072/19&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:
28TH&nbsp;&nbsp;JULY 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>RAYMOND
BAGNABU FOR PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>ABIGAIL
RAMA WILLIAMS HOLDING BRIEF FOR FRANK BEECHAM FOR 1ST DEFENDANT.<o:p></o: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;">

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s
case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The original writ in this suit was
issued on 24th October 2018 and it was later amended on 29th
March 2019 pursuant to an order for joinder dated 21st March 2019
joining the Lands Commission as a 2nd defendant to the suit. In his
statement of claim, the plaintiff described himself as a businessman residing
in the city of Accra and he refers to the 1st defendant as a
trespasser who has trespassed on his land. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that he
acquired the land in dispute sometime in 1960 by way of a customary grant from
the Teshie stool, owners of the land in dispute and he was put in vacant
possession of the land. He initially farmed on the land and he constructed a
structure on the land to accommodate his caretakers and farm hands. The
plaintiff asserted that the land in dispute is part of the larger lands
belonging to Teshie which they purchased and settled on in the early part of
the 18th century and the Teshie ownership of lands in those areas
has been confirmed by the Supreme Court. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff asserted that due to fast
urbanization in the area, he stopped farming and had his grant documented in
the 1990s which was evidenced by a deed of indenture dated 10th
October 1990 executed by the Mankralo of Teshie in his favour. The plaintiff
continued that he has been in undisturbed possession of the land without let or
hindrance until recently when the 1st defendant company’s agents
came unto the land claiming that the land belongs to the 1st
defendant company. They demolished all his structures on the land and they have
cleared the land, and with the assistance of the police, the 1st
defendant is attempting to develop the land. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff further asserted that all
efforts to get the 1st defendant off the land has proved futile and
it is only the intervention of the court that will curtail the acts of the 1st
defendant over his land. The plaintiff therefore instituted this action
claiming the following reliefs against the defendants:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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Declaration of title to all that parcel
of land situate and being at East Airport, Ga Central containing an approximate
area of 1.86 acre (0.75 hectare) more or less, bounded on the North by a
proposed road measuring 228.2 feet more or less, on the North East by a
proposed road measuring 38.0 feet and 267.4 feet more or less, on the South
East by lessor’s land measuring 16.0 feet and 253.7 feet more or less, on the
West by Teshie stool land measuring 325.2 feet more or less.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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