[2021]DLHC11357 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">NII AMOO DODOO AND AYAABA EMMANUEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:108.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-108.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:108.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-108.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">G. H. S. HOUSING LTD AND MR. OSEI BAAFOUR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:108.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-108.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:108.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-108.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">SUIT NO. LD/0585/2016 DATE: 28<sup>TH</sup> JULY, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">COUNSEL: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:108.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-108.0pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">RAYMOND BAGNABU FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:108.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-108.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-indent:-.55pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI (MR.)<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:200%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -36.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.0<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">INTRODUCTION:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">On 18<sup>th</sup> March, 2016, the Plaintiffs caused to be issued out for them a writ against the Defendants jointly and severally per their indorsement on their said writ for;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -36.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Declaration of title in favour of the 2<sup>nd</sup> Plaintiff of all that parcel of land described in paragraph 6 of their accompanying Statement of Claim.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -36.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Recovery of possession<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -36.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Damages for trespass<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -36.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(d)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Costs and <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -36.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(e)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Any other order as the Court may in the interest of justice deem fit.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -36.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.1<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">The facts of the case as can be seen from the state