ALEX ALLOTEY MINGLE, SAMUEL NII SAKA MINGLE AND SANDRA YOVONOO vs. EDWARD PAPPOE BROWN, ELIZABETH NAA BROWN, IAN BANNERMAN QUIST, MR. OCQUAYE AND PHILIP GHUTLIEB [2021]DLHC11344

ALEX ALLOTEY MINGLE, SAMUEL NII SAKA MINGLE AND SANDRA YOVONOO vs. EDWARD PAPPO... [2021]DLHC11344

Date	2021-06-29
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/160/2015
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11344

LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI

KWABENA ANKAMAH OFFEI-BADU FOR PLAINTIFFS - ABSENT

ROBERT PAPPOE HOLDING BREIF FOR ALFRED BANNERMAN WILLIAMS JNR. FOR THE 1ST 2ND AND 4TH DEFENDANTS

[2021]DLHC11344
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ALEX ALLOTEY MINGLE, SAMUEL NII SAKA
MINGLE AND SANDRA YOVONOO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EDWARD PAPPOE BROWN, ELIZABETH NAA
BROWN, IAN BANNERMAN QUIST, MR. OCQUAYE AND PHILIP GHUTLIEB<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, 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;">

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>KWABENA ANKAMAH OFFEI-BADU FOR PLAINTIFFS - ABSENT<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;">

ROBERT
PAPPOE HOLDING BREIF FOR ALFRED BANNERMAN WILLIAMS JNR. FOR THE 1ST,
2ND AND 4TH DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI<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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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
INTRODUCTION:<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs together with the 5th
Defendant, their biological brother, are all administrators of the estate of
the Late Madam Victoria Amerley Quaye and it is in that capacity that they sued
the Defendants.<o:p></o:p>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The 1st,
2nd, 3rd and 4th Defendants have allegedly
trespassed onto the disputed property and the 5th Defendant is alleged
to have facilitated the trespass of the other Defendants onto the property and
hence this action against all of them.<o:p></o:p>1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
FACTS:<o:p></o:p>The facts of this case are very straight forward
and also simple.&nbsp; The Plaintiffs claim
that their late mother, Madam Victoria Amerley Quaye, duly acquired the
disputed property from one Alfred Ayitey Ansah in 1999.&nbsp; Their late mother immediately went into
possession and constructed a dwelling place on the disputed property so that at
the time of the death of their late mother, a four-bedroom belonging to their
late mother was sitting on the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p>1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Soon after the
death of their mother, the 5th Defendant attempted to sell the
property in dispute but this attempt fell through when the would-be buyers
realized that the 5th Defendant did not have the proper authority to
deal with the disputed property.<o:p></o:p>1.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Later, the 5th
Defendant demolished the building on the land and placed some artisans on same
and subsequently “gifted” the land
to the 1st and 2nd Defendants, (a married couple) and a
Deed of Gift was subsequently executed between the 1st and 2nd
Defendants on the one hand and the 5th Defendant on the other hand
evidencing the gift.<o:p></o:p>1.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The 3rd
Defenda</main>