WILLIAM OSEI MANU vs. NELSON OWUSU OFORI [2022]DLHC16384

Date	2022-07-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1122/2019
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC16384

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

KWADWO OSEI ODAME FOR PLAINTIFF.

NANA KYEKYE DARKO FOR A. A. SOMUAH ASAMOAH FOR DEFENDANT.

[2022]DLHC16384
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >WILLIAM OSEI MANU <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NELSON OWUSU OFORI <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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SUIT NO. LD/1122/2019&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:
19TH&nbsp;JULY 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>KWADWO
OSEI ODAME FOR PLAINTIFF. <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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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Plaintiff’s
case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The original writ in this suit was
issued on 19th August 2019 and amended on 12th May 2020.
The statement of claim accompanying the writ of summons was further amended on
23rd October 2020. The plaintiff instituted the action through his
lawful attorney as the plaintiff is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that he
acquired the land in dispute sometime in the year 2003, took possession of the
land by erecting pillars on the boundaries to demarcate the land, dumped a trip
each of sand and stones on the land, constructed a wall around the land and constructed
a single room structure on a portion of the land which structure he put a
caretaker in to take care of the land for him. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff asserts that in the year
2003, a rival claim was made to the land by the Addy family which family sold
the land to a third party but the plaintiff’s grantors commenced an action
against the Addy family and their grantees. Plaintiff’s grantors obtained a
judgment against the Addy family in the year 2005 and the court ordered the
cancellation of all land certificates issued to grantees of the Addy family
with respect to all Kwabenya lands.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff further asserts that in
the year 2012, one Nyafli Esther Bosshard trespassed onto a portion of the land
in dispute and he instituted an action against the said trespasser but his
grantors persuaded him to abandon the said action because they had already
instituted an action against Bosshard’s grantors. It is the plaintiff’s case
that his grantor obtained judgment against Bosshard’s grantors and the court
ordered the cancellation of the land certificates of the grantees of Bosshard’s
grantors including Bosshard’s land certificate. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that apart
from the above incidences, he has generally been in quiet and peaceful
occupation of the land in dispute until sometime in May 2019 when the defendant
surfaced onto the land, levelled portions of the land and commenced
construction works on the land including the construction of a retaining wall
on a portion of the land. He continues that all searches conducted at the Lands
Commission confirm his interest over the land in dispute since 2003 but the
defendant’s name does not appear in any of the records of the Lands Commission.
<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that his
enquiries and preliminary investigations revealed that his land was wrongly
sold to the defendant by two of the sons of his grantor several years after the
death of the plaintiff’s grantor Theodore Tettey Mensah aka T. T. Mensah. He
informed the defendant that he, the plaintiff, is the rightful owner of the
land but the defendant is adamant and will not stop his acts of trespass unless
ordered by the court hence the present action claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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