NANA OBIRI BOAHEN vs. GOLDEN AGE COMPANY [2021]DLSC10797

Date	2021-07-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/64/2018
Citation No.	[2021]DLSC10797

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

KWAME AWUAH TWUMASI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.

FOSTER ASANTE FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT

[2021]DLSC10797
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA OBIRI BOAHEN<o:p></o:p>(1ST
DEFENDANT /APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GOLDEN AGE COMPANY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF
/RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME 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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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/64/2018 &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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:
29TH JULY, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWAME AWUAH
TWUMASI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<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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ASANTE FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING), BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC, DORDZIE
(MRS.) JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC<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>DORDZIE
(MRS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p>Facts<o:p></o:p>The
appellant herein Nana Obiri Boahen maintains he obtained judgment from the High
Court Wenchi in the case numbered E1/4/06 titled Nana Obiri Boahen v Elder Kyere
&amp; Others dated 11/3/2011. The subject matter of that suit consists of three
separate pieces of farmlands situated at Dominase on Abesim Stool land,
Asufufu/Adomako on the Sunyani Stool land and Dominase on Abesim land.
Appellant claims he is the owner of these farmlands. In the execution of the
said judgment, the appellant entered and pulled down buildings on the plot of
land that is the subject matter of this dispute, erected pillars, demarcated it
into building plots which he had let out to developers who are busily developing
same. These developers are the 2nd 3rd and 4th
defendants in this suit at the trial court. The Respondent herein who claims
ownership of the subject land sued the appellant in the High Court Sunyani
claiming the following: <o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
“A declaration that plaintiff is the bona fide
owner of the Plot No. 27, Block ‘A’ Sector 4, South New Town, Sunyani which
share boundary in the North-West, North, North-East with a road and South-East
with a road and a lane, South, South-West with road, West with road junction.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of possession of the land described in
paragraph (a) Supra.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages for trespass<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of the court to compel defendants to
demolish any structure or buildings defendants have unlawfully erected on said
plot.<o:p></o:p>e)