[2022]DLHC16985 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">FRANKLYN AMATO & ANOR <o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">TOGBE KWAKU DUA VIII & 3ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt 168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </span></p> <div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. E1/35/2020 DATE: 5<sup>TH</sup> DECEMBER 2022</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL<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="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">GEORGE LOH, ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">GEORGE ABORGAH, ESQ. FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI, J.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:7.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">1 Background<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:7.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Claiming<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>administrators<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>estate<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>late<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>father<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Togbe<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Toyi<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>IV<span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">1</span>,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>on behalf of their other siblings and beneficiaries of the estate, which they claim is under<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>threat<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Defendants,<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>Plaintiffs,<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>22<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>January<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>2020<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>commenced<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>suit<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>by a writ of summons against Defendants herein for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:6.95pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo5;tab-stops:79.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An order of declaration of title in favour of Plaintiffs on behalf of their<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>father's<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>estate<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>over<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>described<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>piece<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>parcel of land situate, lying and being at Gbefi Tornu in the Kpando Municipality and bounded on the North East by the Gbefi Tornu stool land, the vendor's land measuring 1000, 2500, 1500 and 1450 feet<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>less;<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>North<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>West<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>vendor's<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>measuring </span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">2150, 1650,1700, 700 and 1,145 feet more or less; and also bordering the<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt"> </span>River<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Dayi<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>adjoining<span style="lett