TRASSACCO FURNITURE LTD vs. JELEEL COMPANY GHANA LTD AND ZION ENERGY LTD [2021]DLCA11034

Date	2021-10-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/30/21
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA11034

SENYO DZAMEFE J.A (PRESIDING)

P. BRIGHT MENSAH J.A

NORVISI ARYENE (MRS.) J.A

ERNEST KUSI WITH KWAME AMENANO TANNOR FOR APPELLANT

TAPHA TASSAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT

[2021]DLCA11034
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TRASSACCO FURNITURE LTD<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JELEEL COMPANY GHANA LTD AND ZION ENERGY LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINITFF/RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, 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;">

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APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/30/21 &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:
28TH OCTOBER 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>ERNEST KUSI WITH KWAME AMENANO TANNOR FOR 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;">

TAPHA TASSAH
FOR THE PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>SENYO DZAMEFE J.A (PRESIDING), P. BRIGHT MENSAH
J.A, NORVISI ARYENE (MRS.) J.A<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;DZAMEFE, JA<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/respondent issued
this writ against the defendant for the following claims;-<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
of title to and recovery of possession of all that parcel of land situate lying
and being at Adenta, in the Adenta Municipality of the Greater Accra Region and
containing an approximate area of 1098 acres or 4.44 hectares more or less
bounded on the North-East by the lessor’s land measuring 401.4 feet more or
less on the South-East by the lessor’s land measuring 1581.2 feet more or less
on the South-West by the lessor’s land measuring 209.9 feet more or less on the
North-West by a proposed road measuring 1583.6 feet more or less.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, its agents, assigns,
or otherwise howsoever described from entering, assigning, transferring or
otherwise disposing of or dealing with or developing the land which is the
subject matter of this action.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order directed at the Lands Commission to expunge any recorded transaction
affecting the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General
and special damages for trespass; and costs including legal fees.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/respondent,
hereinafter simply referred to as the plaintiffs is a company incorporated
under the law of the Republic of Ghana just as the defendant company.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiffs’ claim is
that they are the bona fide owners of a piece of land situate and lying at
Adenta, in the Adenta Municipality of the Greater Accra Region with its
description.&nbsp; They claim the allodial
title owners of the lands at Adenta including the land in dispute are the Kplan
We (Agbawe) family of La.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiffs aver they
became the owners of the land in dispute by virtue of a Deed of lease dated 25th
November, 2013 between the Kplan We (Agbawe) Family of La represented by the
Chief of Adenta Nii Sowah Okataban II as the lessors and the plaintiff as the
lessee for 99 years.&nbsp; The plaintiff claim
prior to the acquisition their due diligence enquiries revealed that their
grantors were the rightful owners of the lands at Adenta. That immediately they
acquired the land, they entered into physical possession of same and placed
caretakers on the land who have been farming on it.<o:p></o:p>It is their case that in
2018 when they presented their documents at the Lands Commission for
registration that they were informed there was an earlier request for
registration of the same land by the defendant.<o:p></o:p>