SHEKATSE OKAITEI vs. PASTOR GYIMAH AND APPOSTILES CONTINUATION CHURCH [2021]DLHC11363

Date	2021-10-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/937/2014
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11363

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI (MR.)

ROBERT YARTEY WITH JOYCE DODOO FOR THE PLAINTIFF

RAY APPIAH AMPONSAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2021]DLHC11363
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SHEKATSE OKAITEI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PASTOR GYIMAH AND
APPOSTILES CONTINUATION CHURCH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<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;">

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NO. FAL/937/2014&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:
21ST OCTOBER, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ROBERT YARTEY WITH JOYCE DODOO 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;">

RAY APPIAH
AMPONSAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI (MR.)<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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</div>&nbsp;1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:<o:p></o:p>On the 2nd day of September, 2014, the
Plaintiff sued out the present writ, first against the 1st Defendant
only seeking the reliefs endorsed on his said writ of summons.<o:p></o:p>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
As a requirement
of the Rules of Court, the writ was accompanied by a statement of claim that
was made up of only five (5) paragraphs.<o:p></o:p>1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Later, upon an
application by the 2nd Defendant, the Trustees of the Apostles
Continuation Church, they were joined by this Court, and rightly so in my humble
opinion, as the 2nd Defendant.<o:p></o:p>1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
It is to be
recalled that the Plaintiff had earlier on in 2013, brought an action against
the 1st Defendant which suit was numbered as FAL/814/2013.&nbsp; But according
to the facts, Suit No. FAL/814/2013
was eventually dismissed when the then counsel for the Defendant misled the
Court into believing that the Plaintiff’s lawyer was one Peter Yartey who was
not licensed to practice instead of Robert Yartey, the Plaintiff’s present counsel,
who all along had a solicitor’s license.<o:p></o:p>It was after that case had been dismissed that the
Plaintiff commenced this present action against the 1st Defendant
and thus subsequently the 2nd Defendant as well.<o:p></o:p>1.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
FACTS:<o:p></o:p>The simple facts of the case are that the
Plaintiff claimed to have acquired the land from his grantors, the “Cuim” Tawiah Family a.k.a. GbaweTawiah
of Accra, represented by Samuel Okaikwei Tawiah, head and lawful representative
of the said family (refer to the last page of Exhibit “A”) and says that after the acquisition of the land the
Plaintiff had his interest in the land registered at the Lands Commission, which
Commission issued him with a Land Title Certificate.<o:p></o:p>1.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiff then claims that the Defendants have
trespassed onto the land and that all attempts to have the Defendants yield up
possession of the land in dispute have proved futile hence the pre</main>