ALHAJI S. WILLIAMS vs. BABY BOI AKANI [2021]DLHC11345

Date	2021-07-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/44/2017
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11345

LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI (MR.)

NANA AMA GYAU ANTEPIM HOLDING BRIEF FOR KWEKU PAINTSIL FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MCDONALD NII AYITEY OKAI FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2021]DLHC11345
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ALHAJI
S. WILLIAMS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BABY
BOI AKANI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[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;">

SUIT
NO.&nbsp; GJ/44/2017&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
27TH JULY, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>NANA AMA GYAU ANTEPIM HOLDING BRIEF FOR KWEKU
PAINTSIL<o:p></o:p>FOR THE PLAINTIFF <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;">

MCDONALD NII
AYITEY OKAI FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>&nbsp;1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INTRODUCTION:<o:p></o:p>On the 13th of January, 2017, the
Plaintiff caused to issue for himself and as the Administrator of the estate of
the late CHARLOTTEE CLASS-PETER and WILHEMINA ESI AKWEI at the Registry of
this Court, a writ of summons claiming the reliefs indorsed on his said writ of
summons against the Defendants herein.<o:p></o:p>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Per the
indorsement on the writ of summons, the Plaintiff sought <o:p></o:p>(i) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
of title (but without describing the land for which the title was being sought).<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of possession.<o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
injunction to restrain the Defendants, assigns, agents from interfering with
the land or the property situated on the land.<o:p></o:p>(iv)&nbsp; &nbsp;Mesne profits (to be assessed) and <o:p></o:p>(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
(but there is no indication as to what type of damages the Plaintiff was
seeking. This will be discussed later).<o:p></o:p>1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The brief facts
of the case as can be greaned from the pleadings are that the Plaintiff, an
administrator of the joint intestate estates of his late mother, Charlotte
Class-Peter and her sister, Wilhelmina Esi Akwei, an aunt of the Plaintiff who
died on 17th July, 1967 and 15th October, 2004
respectively, is suing for himself and on behalf of the said estate and that
the Defendant is the son of one Joseph Akani, also deceased.<o:p></o:p>1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;According to the facts, per an oral and/or
formal agreement between the original parties and/or their agents, the deceased
sisters being the mother and aunt respectively of the Plaintiff leased to the
said JOSEPH AKANI, their plot of land situate near H/No. 42, Aplaku Street,
Abossey Okai, Accra, for a period of twenty (20) years, from 1981 to 2001 for
purposes of constructing a dwelling house on same by JOSEPH AKANI aforesaid.<o:p></o:p>1.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
According to the Plaintiff,
per the express or implied term of the agreement between the three deceased
persons, the late Akanyi was to take the lan</main>