BINGA DUGBARTEY SARPOR vs. EKOW BOSOMPRAH [2020]DLSC9922

Date	2020-12-02
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/55/2020
Citation No.	[2020]DLSC9922

GBADEGBEJSC(PRESIDING)

PROF.KOTEYJSC

OWUSU(MS)JSC

TORKORNOO(MRS)JSC

KULENDI JSC

NII AKWEI BRUCE-THOMPSON FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

S. K. AMOAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT

[2020]DLSC9922
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BINGA DUGBARTEY SARPOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EKOW BOSOMPRAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/55/2020&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; 2ND DECEMBER, 2020<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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NII AKWEI BRUCE-THOMPSON
FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>S. K. AMOAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.<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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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&nbsp;&nbsp;JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>KULENDI,
JSC:-<o:p></o:p>This is
an Appeal against the judgement of the Court of Appeal dated 3rd
May, 2018, which said judgment varied the judgment of the trial High Court
delivered on 21st June 2007. The Appellant herein, dissatisfied with
the decision of the Court of Appeal, and exercising her constitutional right
pursuant to Article 131 of the 1992 Constitution, has brought the instant
appeal to this Court.<o:p></o:p>BACKGROUND:<o:p></o:p>The
antecedent facts that triggered the instant appeal are captured as follows:<o:p></o:p>On the
29th of October, 2004, the Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Respondent’) instituted an action in the High
Court for the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; border: none;">Declaration
 of title to all that piece or parcel of land in extent 0.15 hectares (0.36 of an acre)
 more or less known as parcel No. 24, Block 5 Section 021 lying situate at
 Asylum Down, Accra covered by Land title Certificate No. GA 20228 in Land
 Register Volume 10 Folio 473;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bot</main>