NII AFLAH II vs. BENJAMIN KWAKU BOATENG [2021]DLCA16206

Date	2021-12-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO:H1/155/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA16206

JUSTICE SENYO DZAMEFE J. A. (PRESIDING)

JUSTICE P. BRIGHT MENSAH J. A.

JUSTICE JENNIFER A. DODOO (MRS) J. A.

MR. JOSEPH KAPONDE FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. JOSEPH KWEKU GYIMAH FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2021]DLCA16206
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII AFLAH II <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BENJAMIN KWAKU BOATENG <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<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;">

CIVIL APPEAL NO:H1/155/2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 16TH DECEMBER, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. JOSEPH KAPONDE FOR 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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">MR. JOSEPH KWEKU GYIMAH FOR
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE SENYO DZAMEFE J. A. (PRESIDING), JUSTICE
P. BRIGHT MENSAH J. A., JUSTICE JENNIFER A. DODOO (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 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>DODOO, JA (MRS)<o:p></o:p>The
reliefs endorsed on the writ issued on 12th July, 2013 (See p. 2 of
the Record of Appeal {ROA}) were as follows:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(a)<span style="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; Declaration of Title to land lying or being at Odorkor
at Teiko Adam near Tsum, Odorkor with an approximate area of 0.29 acre with a
house thereon and more particularly described on Plaintiff’s title documents.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(b)<span style="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; Perpetual Injunction restraining the defendant herein,
whether by himself, agents, assigns, representatives, hirelings or whosoever
from entering into, trespassing or intermeddling with the said property.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The parties
would be referred to as the Plaintiff and Defendant respectively.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Plaintiff’s Claim<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff’s
claim was to the effect that he had obtained a conveyance from his grantor,
Stella Aso Siaw in 1989. He had since put up a structure on the land.&nbsp; His caretaker was evicted in 2013 by the Defendant
who had obtained judgment at the Kaneshie District Court.&nbsp; According to him, his caretaker had travelled
at the time suit was instituted and therefore could not defend the suit.&nbsp; It was Plaintiff’s case that the Defendant
had leased the land to his vendor, Stella Aso Siaw in 1976 and based on this
conveyance, the vendor leased same to him and his wife in June, 1989. He stated
that the Defendant’s claim to his property are fraudulent and gave the following
particulars of fraud:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">a.<span style="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; The Defendant or his family had leased the same land
to Stella Aso Siaw in 1976.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">b.<span style="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; The said land had been conveyed to Plaintiff in 1989.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">c.