IBRAHIM AGHA vs. VIVIAN NASSER & 2 ORS [2020]DLHC16498

Date	2020-04-29
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0889/2018
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC16498

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

NANA ACKAH-WATSON JAINIE HOLDING BRIEF FOR AMARTEI AMARTEIFIO FOR PLAINTIFF.

KOFI BOSOMPEM FOR DEFENDANTS.

[2020]DLHC16498
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IBRAHIM AGHA <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>VIVIAN
NASSER &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<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/0889/2018&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;DATE: 29TH&nbsp;APRIL 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>NANA ACKAH-WATSON JAINIE HOLDING BRIEF FOR AMARTEI
AMARTEIFIO FOR PLAINTIFF.<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 plaintiff, who
is resident in Ontario, Canada, describes himself as the administrator of the
estate of the late Mustapha Abdallah. He brings this action through his lawful
attorney Julius Nii Kwartei Amarteifio. It is the plaintiff’s case that the late
Mustapha Abdallah was the owner in possession of the house in dispute which is
described as No. FA 13/2 Sai Kojo Street, Osu, Accra. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;He asserts that
the house in dispute originally belonged to Mustapha Abdallah’s grandmother
Fatima Hassan Kriam. She transferred it to her daughter Mary Joseph-Abdallah
(Mustapha’s mother) by a Deed of Gift dated 12th September 1955.
Mary Joseph-Abdallah also transferred the said property in her lifetime to
Mustapha Abdallah. The said transfer was duly registered and Mustapha Abdallah
was issued with a land certificate with number GA 0324.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff asserts
that Mustapha Abdallah exercised acts of possession and was in undisturbed
possession of the property for several decades prior to his death. After the
death of Mustapha on 6th September 2013, the defendants caused their
agents to break the doors of the property and trespassed on the said property.
Series of meetings with, and correspondences to the defendants and their agents
to desist from their acts of trespass on the property in dispute have yielded
no results and the plaintiff is convinced that the defendants will continue
with their acts of trespass unless restrained by this court.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff
further states that the defendants are estopped&nbsp;
by laches and acquiescence, adverse possession and section 10 of the
Limitation Act, 1972 (NRCD 54) from asserting any interest which is adverse to
the interest of the late Mustapha Abdallah and his estate.&nbsp; The plaintiff therefore claims the following
reliefs against the defendants. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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:l1 level1 lfo1">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: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that all that piece or
parcel of land with building thereon situate at No. FA 13/2, Sai Kojo Street
was owned by Mustapha Abdallah and same forms part of his estate.<o:p></o: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:l1 level1 lfo1">ii.