NII AKWEI ADOTEY vs. DANIEL GAIKPAH [2022]DLCA15150

Date	2022-07-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/158/2022
Citation No.	[2022]DLCA15150

M. WELBOURNE (MRS)

J. A (PRESIDING)

M. WOOD (MRS) J.A

E. BAAH J.A

Martin Kpebu for Plaintiff/Respondent

Fosu Gyeabour for Defendants/Applicants

[2022]DLCA15150
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII AKWEI ADOTEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DANIEL GAIKPAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
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APPEAL NO. H1/158/2022 &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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 28TH JULY, 2022<o:p></o:p>

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mso-ansi-language:#2000">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>Martin Kpebu for Plaintiff/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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>M. WELBOURNE (MRS), J. A (PRESIDING), M. WOOD (MRS) J.A, E. 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;MERLEY
WOOD (MRS), JA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This is an interlocutory appeal by the
Defendant/Appellant against the Ruling of the High Court, Land Division
delivered on 4th November 2020 for failing to set aside the Writ of Summons
directed at a deceased person.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs/Respondents will be
alternately referred to as Plaintiffs or Respondents while the
Defendant/Appellant will be alternately referred to as Defendant or Appellant.<o:p></o:p>The facts leading to the instant appeal
are that the Plaintiffs sued out a Writ of Summons with its accompanying Statement
of Claim against the Defendant on 6th August 2020 claiming the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>i.<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; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that 1st and 2nd plaintiffs own all that
piece or parcel of land situate at Adoteiman, covering an approximate area of
0.65 acre or 0.26 hectare and bounded as follows: on the South East by lessor’s
land measuring 140.6 feet more or less, on the South West by lessor’s land
measuring 203.3 feet more or less, on the North East by lessor’s land measuring
201.2 feet more or less, on the North West by proposed road measuring 138.50
feet more or less (hereafter called the disputed land), which property is the
subject matter of this suit.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;ii.<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; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;