NANA NKRUMAH BEDIAKO vs. AGRI-CATTLE LAKESIDE ESTATE LTD. AND MOHAMMED NAJEED [2022]DLCA15148

Date	2022-12-15
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.HI/173/2022
Citation No.	[2022]DLCA15148

SENYO DZAMEFE J. A (PRESIDING)

M. WOOD (MRS) J.A

ERIC BAAH J.A

[2022]DLCA15148
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA NKRUMAH BEDIAKO<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AGRI-CATTLE LAKESIDE
ESTATE LTD. AND
MOHAMMED NAJEED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

CIVIL APPEAL
NO.HI/173/2022 &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: 15THDECEMBER, 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>SENYO
DZAMEFE J. A (PRESIDING), M.
WOOD (MRS) J.A, ERIC BAAH J.A<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 0in;">

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</div>&nbsp;M.
WOOD (MRS), JA<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff who was aggrieved by and
dissatisfied with the Ruling of the High Court, Accra delivered on 13th
April 2021 filed an appeal against same to this Court. The trial judge granted
an interlocutory injunction against the dismissed the Plaintiff’s claim and
entered judgment in favour of the Defendant Xxx<o:p></o:p>The antecedents of this case are that: <o:p></o:p>The 1st Plaintiff is a
limited liability company whose business is real estate development while the 2nd
Plaintiff is a grantee of the 1st Plaintiff. The Defendant is
described as a trespasser and encroacher on a portion of the 1st Plaintiff’s
larger tract of land lying at Katamanso in the Greater Accra Region. The 1st
Plaintiff avers that it is the legal owner of land at Katamanso measuring <st1:metricconverter productid="2911.53 acres" w:st="on">2911.53 acres</st1:metricconverter> and
covered by Land Title Certificate No TD 0513. It became the legal owner on 8th
October 1970 when Black Watch Cattle Breeding Farms company took a leasehold
interest from the Nungua Stool acting per the then Nungua Mantse, Nii Odai
Ayiku IV with the consent and concurrence of all the principal elders of the
Nungua Stool for a parcel of land measuring <st1:metricconverter productid="4244.25 acres" w:st="on">4244.25 acres</st1:metricconverter> for fifty
years for agricultural purposes and same was registered. The 1st Plaintiff
on 18th January 1974, Agric-Cattle Limited was assigned the interest
of the former and thereafter on 28th September, 1995, the 1st
Plaintiff entered into a renewed lease agreement for a further fifty year term.
The Government by an Executive Instrument (EI 15) compulsorily acquired portion
of the 1st Plaintiff land and this further reduced to 2911.53 acres.
In 9th January 1996, it registered its interest in the land and was
issued with a Land Title certificate and changed its name to the present. The Plaintiff
avers that in early 2020, it granted a portion of its registered land to the 2nd
Plaintiff who moved into possession and started developing the land. On 2nd
December 2020, the Defendant trespassed on a portion of their land and
destroyed the development done on it, by reason that he has obtained a default
judgment against certain individuals namely Giwa Abass, Kweku Amoah and Ashie
Neequaye who the 1st Plaintiffs allege are not known to them. As
according to the Plaintiffs, they were not parties to the said suit and that
land is not occupied by the people he obtained a writ of possession against. It
is also their case that their ownership of the land has been confirmed by
several judicial decisions and evidenced by exhibit LE3. <o:p></o:p>Accordingly, the Plaintiffs filed a Writ
of Summons and Statement of Claim at the High Court instituted an action
against the Defendant claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; li</main>