MOHAMMED MUSAH SUBSTITUTED, ADISHETU BUKARI PER HER LAWFUL &ATTORNEY, YUSIF MUSAH, KUMASI vs. APRAMAN STOOL PER THE OCCUPANT, NANA AGYEI DUMFEH &NANA BARFI ADOMAKO [2021]DLHC11731

MOHAMMED MUSAH SUBSTITUTED, ADISHETU BUKARI PER HER LAWFUL &ATTORNEY, YUSIF MUSA... [2021]DLHC11731

Date	2021-06-07
Suit No.	SUIT NO. C2/27/2019
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11731

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE FRANCIS OBIRI

FRANCIS COFFIE FOR THE PLAINTIFF

ASEIDU BASOAH FOR THE 1st DEFENDANT

NO REPRESENTATION FOR THE 2nd DEFENDANT

[2021]DLHC11731
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MOHAMMED MUSAH SUBSTITUTED, ADISHETU BUKARI PER HER LAWFUL
&amp;ATTORNEY, YUSIF MUSAH, KUMASI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>APRAMAN STOOL PER THE OCCUPANT, NANA AGYEI DUMFEH &amp;NANA
BARFI ADOMAKO<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;">

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>FRANCIS
COFFIE FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>ASEIDU
BASOAH FOR THE 1st DEFENDANT<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;">

NO REPRESENTATION FOR THE 2nd DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE FRANCIS OBIRI<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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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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>&nbsp;The current plaintiff per
her amended writ of summons filed on 21st February 2020 claimed against the
defendants as follows.<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that the plaintiff is the lawful allottee/grantee
of the Building Plot No. 7 A, Block A, Apraman, Kumasi.<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that the plaintiff is entitled to possess and
continue with the development of the said plot.&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Order of perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants,
their agents, assigns, person(s) deriving power or authority, from them taking
possession and or developing the said plot.<o:p></o:p>(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alternatively, an order for the payment to the Plaintiff, the
current value of the property being GH₵79,940.00
(Seventy-Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty Ghana Cedis).<o:p></o:p>(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the said sum at the current bank rate from the
date of payment until the final payment of the money.<o:p></o:p>(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any other order(s) as the justice of the case would require in
terms of the rules of the Honourable Court.<o:p></o:p>The first defendant entered
appearance on 30th April, 2009 and filed his amended statement of defence on
30th May, 2014.<o:p></o:p>The second defendant entered
appearance on 21st October, 2009 and filed his statement of defence on 7th
January, 2014.<o:p></o:p>At the close of pleadings,
the following issues were set down for trial.<o:p></o:p>1.Whether the disputed land
was fraudulently allocated to the plaintiff by the 2nd Defendant.<o:p></o:p>2. Whether the 1st defendant
promised to allocate a new plot in place of the one allocated by the 2nd
defendant.<o:p></o:p>3. Whether pursuant to the
promise, the 1st defendant per its occupant collected GH₵1,500.00
from the plaintiff to that effect.<o:p></o:p>4. Whether the plaintiff is
entitled to his claim.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;5 Any other issue raised by the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>When the matter came up for
hearing, the plaintiff testified through an attorney and called one witness.
Each of the defendants testified under oath but none of them called any witness.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff’s attorney ‘s
evidence is as follows. He is called Yusif Musah.&nbsp; He lives at Konkromoase near Atasomanso.&nbsp; He sells second-hand tyres.&nbsp; He tendered his power of attorney as exhibit
‘A’ without objection.&nbsp; He knows the
defendants.&nbsp; The 2nd defendant was once
the occupant of the 1st defendant’s Stool.&nbsp;
He knows the current occupant and the 1st defendant stool.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff’s attorney
continued that when the 2nd defendant was the occupant of the 1st defendant’s
stool, he sold the plot in dispute to the original plaintiff who was his
brother.&nbsp; He added that the plot is
located on the side of the Apraman Kegya road.&nbsp;
He said it was sold to the original plaintiff by the 1st defendant stool
in January 2006.<o:p></o:p>According to the plaintiff’s
attorney, the original plaintiff paid GH₵