NII LANTE MILLS vs. MILDRED AMA WOODE [2021]DLCA16175

Date	2021-12-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/112/2017
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA16175

DENNIS ADJEI J.A (PRESIDING)

BERNASKO-ESSAH J.A

ADJEI-FRIMPONG JA

PATRICK JUSTICE ENNIM FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

FELIX NANA OSEI FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2021]DLCA16175
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp;NII LANTE MILLS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MILDRED AMA WOODE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO. H1/112/2017&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: 15TH APRIL, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PATRICK JUSTICE ENNIM FOR
PLAINTIFF/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: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p>DENNIS ADJEI J.A (PRESIDING), BERNASKO-ESSAH J.A,
ADJEI-FRIMPONG 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 0in;">

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</div>&nbsp;ADJEI-FRIMPONG,
J.A <o:p></o:p>The resolved
facts of this case, as we gather, are largely straight forward. The
plaintiff/respondent who we shall refer to as plaintiff, claims ownership of
the land, subject matter of the suit, whose identity was found at the trial not
to be in doubt, through the Nungua Stool. He acquired the land by way of
assignment from one Kwabena Nkrumah in June 1990 and had title registered in
his name. <o:p></o:p>Kwabena
Nkrumah, the assignor, had taken a lease of the land from the Nungua Stool
represented by Nii Odai Ayiku in 1975. This lease had also been registered.<o:p></o:p>Whilst
the plaintiff’s interest was subsisting, one Nii Kotey Amli, head of the La
Klanna Quarter, acting upon a 1991 judgment he obtained in a land suit
contested against one Rebecca Kuffour (Suit No. CCL 67/89) entered upon the
land as his family property and granted same to the defendant/appellant
(defendant).<o:p></o:p>In
an ensuing tussle between the two rival grantees, the plaintiff caused damage
to a development carried out by the defendant. Following a report to the
police, it was demanded of the plaintiff to pay compensation to the defendant
for the damage caused and thereafter have the issue of title determined between
them. The plaintiff complied. He then approached Nii Kotey Amli in an effort to
“regularize” his title. Monies changed hands in that process. In the events
that followed which did not resolve the plaintiff’s bid, he commenced the suit
against the defendant for the following relief:<o:p></o:p>(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-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;
Declaration of title to all that
piece/parcel of land situate and lying and being at Nungua New Town-Accra and
more particularly described in a schedule contained in the statement of claim<o:p></o:p>(II)<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-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;
Recovery of possession<o:p></o:p>(III)<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-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for trespass <o:p></o:p>(IV)<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-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual injunction restraining the
defendant, her personal representatives, agents, <o:p></o:p>(V)<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-s</main>