[2022]DLHC16373 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">JOHN MAMAH ODONKOR <i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">MADAM FAUSTINA AFORKOR BOTWE<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SUIT NO. LD/0641/2021 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DATE: 29</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 120%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">TH </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">APRIL 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">G. S. K. BABANAWO FOR PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ABDUL-GAFAR ABLORH ABORDO FOR DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Plaintiff’s Case<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The plaintiff issued a writ on 2<sup>nd</sup> July 2021 against the defendant claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">i.<span style="font-style: normal; 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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at North West Teshie, Accra and bounded on the North by a proposed road measuring 245 feet more or less, on the South by a proposed road measuring 245 feet more or less, on the East by a proposed road measuring 180 feet more or less, on the West by a proposed road measuring 180 feet more or less and containing an approximate area of 1.07 acres more or less.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">ii.<span style="font-style: normal; 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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Perpetual injunction against the defendant herein.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">iii.<span style="font-style: normal; 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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Recovery of possession of all that piece or parcel of land lying and being at Teshie.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">iv.<span style="font-style: normal; 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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua&quo