MADAM ADWOA PINAMANG vs. NANA OSEI AGYEMANG OPAMBOUR [2021]DLCA10051

Date	2021-01-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/06/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA10051

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA. (PRESIDING)

A. B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA.

SAMUEL K.A. ASIEDU JA.

VERA BOATING FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

FRANCIS AKWASI BOUR FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2021]DLCA10051
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MADAM ADWOA PINAMANG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA OSEI AGYEMANG OPAMBOUR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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APPEAL NO. H1/06/2021<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>VERA
BOATING FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT <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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DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;CORAM: <o:p></o:p>ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA.
(PRESIDING), A. B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA., SAMUEL K.A. ASIEDU JA.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;ASIEDU,
JA.<o:p></o:p>My lords, this appeal is against a judgment
delivered by the Circuit Court, Kumasi on the 30th day of April 2015.
The Plaintiff/Appellant (hereinafter referred to as the Appellant) had, on the
22nd day of December 2011, issued a writ of summons for herself and
on behalf of her two siblings, against the Defendant/Respondent, (hereinafter
referred to as the Respondent) in this matter for: (a) A declaration of title
to one compound house (unnumbered) situate at Asiwa near Kokofu, Ashanti and
serving as a Post Office; (b) General damages for trespass and an Order for
Recovery of Possession; (c) An order for perpetual injunction to restrain the
defendant, his agents, labourers and all who claim through him from in any way
interfering with the Plaintiff’s title, ownership and possession of the
disputed property. In the statement of defence filed by the Defendant on the 10th
day of February 2012, the Defendant also counterclaimed for: (1) A declaration
that all that house situate at Asiwa is his family property; (2) Perpetual
injunction restraining the Plaintiff, her relatives, agents, servants from
having any dealings with the said house.<o:p></o:p>After the trial, the learned Circuit Judge
dismissed the Plaintiff’s claims and entered judgment for the Defendant on his
counterclaim.<o:p></o:p>It is against this judgment that the Appellant
filed the instant appeal on the 25th June 2015 on the grounds that:<o:p></o:p><a name="_Hlk60350185">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; The judgment of the court is against the
weight of evidence adduced at the trial.<o:p></o:p></a><a name="_Hlk60273664">(b)&nbsp; The learned trial judge erred when he
considered the case of gift put forward by the Plaintiff/ Appellant based only
on the address filed by counsel for the Plaintiff/Appellant instead of the
evidence adduced at the trial by the Plaintiff/Appellant on oath and this has
occasioned substantial miscarriage of justice to the Plaintiff/Appellant.<o:p></o:p></a>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp; The learned trial judge erred when he held
that the Plaintiff was estopped by section 10 of the Limitations Act of 1972.<o:p></o:p><a name="_Hlk60350244">(d)&nbsp; The learned trial judge further erred when he
failed to critically examine the evidence of the Defendant/Respondent and this
has occasioned substantial miscarriage of justice to the Plaintiff/Appellant.<o:p></o:p></a>