ANTHONY FORSON vs. COMFORT FRIMPONG [2021]DLHC11620

Date	2021-11-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO: E1/28/18
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11620

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE J.

EMMANUEL TSIBUAH ESQ FOR PLAINTIFF

PHILIP FIIFI BUCKMAN ESQ FOR DEFENDANT

[2021]DLHC11620
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ANTHONY FORSON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>COMFORT FRIMPONG<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, SEKONDI]<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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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO: E1/28/18&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: 4TH NOVEMBER, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>EMMANUEL
TSIBUAH ESQ FOR 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;">

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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE J.<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;On
7th December, 2017, Plaintiff instituted the instant action against
the Defendant claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that all that land situate at Windy Ridge in the Sekondi-Takoradi
metropolitan Assembly in the Western Region of the Republic of Ghana the
boundaries whereof starting from survey pillar WRF 1&nbsp; which pillar is 4033.5ft on a bearing of
323°00’ from survey of Ghana pillar marked SGW F1 15 2 which bearing together
with all other bearings hereinafter mentioned is referred to Meridian 1° west
Longitude thence runs on&nbsp; a bearing of
019°58’ for a distance of 252.7ft to pillar marked WRF 2, thence runs from on a
bearing of 099°14’ for a distance of 194.6ft to pillar marked WRF 3, thence
runs on a bearing of 190°29’ for a distance of 218.4ft to pillar marked WRF 4,
thence runs on a bearing of 272°03’ for a distance of 238.7ft to pillar marked
WRF 1 the point of commencement and thereby enclosing an approximate area of
1.15 of an Acre with the house of the plaintiff thereon belongs to the
plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order of perpetual injunction against the defendant, her agents, assigns and
all persons deriving title from her to desist from interfering with the
plaintiff’s quiet enjoyment of the said land in any manner whatsoever.<o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Punitive
damages for trespass and trauma caused by the breaking of the party wall
constructed by the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order directed at the defendant to properly reconstruct the party wall to the
same state it was before her unlawful act.<o:p></o:p>(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order directed at the Lands Commission to ensure that any document purporting
to situate ownership of the said land in the defendant be cancelled.<o:p></o:p>(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General damages for trauma and mental
stress. <o:p></o:p>On
15th May, 2020 the Defendant filed a statement of defence and
counter claimed as follows:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of possession of the piece of
Plaintiff’s land forming part of Defendant’s Plot No. WE5 with an area of 0.77
acres.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost.<o:p></o:p>Upon
the demise of Plaintiff, Anthony Forson, he was substituted by his son, Anthony
Forson Jnr.<o:p></o:p>The
parties are litigating over the boundary between their respective lands.
Defendant’s claim that the party wall erected by the Plaintiff has encroached
unto her land led to this action. <o:p></o:p>From
the pleadings, the Plaintiff is saying that he was granted a lease from the
Government of Ghana in October, 1969. Plaintiff further contends that he went
into possession and erected his residential premises and moved into same in
March 1977.<o:p></o:p>It
is the Plaintiff’s case that he moved into his residence thirteen (13) clear
years before the Defendant acquired her land and had been in undisturbed
possession of the land including the disputed portion until 2017 when Defenda</main>