PITIKO-KWAHU STOOL vs. ABETIFI-KWAHU STOOL [2020]DLSC9333

Date	2020-06-10
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J8/95/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLSC9333

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

MARFUL-SAU JSC

DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC

NII BI AYI BONTE FOR THE 1ST CLAIMANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT/APPLICANT.

CHARLES HAYIBOR FOR THE 2ND CLAIMANT/RESPONDENT/REPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2020]DLSC9333
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PITIKO-KWAHU STOOL<o:p></o:p>(1ST CLAIMANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ABETIFI-KWAHU STOOL<o:p></o:p>(2ND CLAIMANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MOTION NO. J8/95/2019&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 10TH JUNE, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NII BI AYI BONTE FOR THE
1ST CLAIMANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT/APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CHARLES HAYIBOR FOR THE 2ND CLAIMANT/RESPONDENT/REPONDENT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING), MARFUL-SAU JSC, DORDZIE
(MRS.) JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC, LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC <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>DOTSE, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>This ruling has been triggered by the application filed
on the 7th of May 2019, by learned Counsel for the 1st
Claimant/Appellant/Appellant/Applicant, hereafter Applicant, “praying for an order to explain the
demarcation of the land belonging to the parties in accordance with the
Judgment delivered on 29th November 2017 upon the grounds set out in
the accompanying affidavit.”<o:p></o:p>In an affidavit sworn to on behalf of the
Applicant’s herein by Nana Boateng Pitikohene, he deposed to as follows:-<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That in respect
of the suit in respect of which the Applicants, and the 2nd Claimants/Respondents/Respondents,
hereafter Respondent had been engaged in, reference Suit No. J4/38/2011, the Respondents
herein were adjudged the victorious party on 29/11/2017.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Following the
delivery of the said judgment, learned counsel for the Respondent stool filed
an entry of judgment dated 20th April 2018 together with a site plan
which the counsel for the Respondent described as “Supreme Court Site Plan”.<o:p></o:p>3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Applicant further deposed that, in the course of the trial, the land in dispute
was captured in the map and described as “plan of land in dispute shaded yellow,
supposed to be the property of the Pitiko or Abetifi Stool”<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
It was further
deposed to that, following the service of the said site plan, the Respondents
herein have resorted to encroaching on the land which has previously been in
the exclusive possession of the Applicant.<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
As a result of
the said “Supreme Court Map” it was
deposed to that the Respondents had started alienating land which had been
under the control of the Applicant stool.<o:p></o:p>