MRS. MARGARET Y. N. ACHIAMPONG vs. STATE HOUSING COMPANY LTD., MR. KUDOM, NII AFOTEY AHWIAH II AND CLEMENT BORTEY [2022]DLSC11675

MRS. MARGARET Y. N. ACHIAMPONG vs. STATE HOUSING COMPANY LTD., MR. KUDOM, NII A... [2022]DLSC11675

Date	2022-02-09
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/52/2021
Citation No.	[2022]DLSC11675

PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING)

DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

MRS. M. Y. N. ACHIAMPONG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

KWABENA OWUSU-MENSAH ESQ. FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT.

JOHN DARKO ESQ. FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS. MARGARET Y. N. ACHIAMPONG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>STATE HOUSING COMPANY LTD., MR.
KUDOM, NII AFOTEY AHWIAH II AND CLEMENT BORTEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
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APPEAL NO. J4/52/2021&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: 9TH FEBRUARY, 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>MRS. M. Y. N. ACHIAMPONG
FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>KWABENA OWUSU-MENSAH
ESQ. FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/<o:p></o:p>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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

JOHN DARKO ESQ. FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>&nbsp;LOVELACE-JOHNSON
(MS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p>On
25th January 2020, the court of appeal dismissed the plaintiff/appellant/appellant’s
appeal against the judgment of the high court, which judgment had dismissed her
claims against the defendants/respondents/respondents. Dissatisfied with this,
she has launched a further appeal to this court on the matter. The respondents
in this appeal are the 1st and 2nd defendants.<o:p></o:p>The
designation of the parties at the high court will be maintained in this appeal.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff’s claim by her amended writ at the high court was for the following
eight reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
of title in No 4, School Street, Teshie/Nungua Estate originally covering 3.06
acres by the indenture of the 1st Defendant but found out to cover
3.11 acres by surveyors of Land Title Registry.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order for Recovery of possession of all that piece of land identified as No. 4
School Street by the document given to the plaintiff by the 1st
Defendant.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order to cancel the document of Defendants or setting aside of same.<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order for perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants, their agents,
assigns and all those who claim through them from by any way or means
interfering with the Plaintiff’s quiet enjoyment of the said land&nbsp; and development of the same upon the
satisfaction of the Court’s subsisting order on the 1st Defendant.<o:p></o:p>e&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Special
damages of GHC4 million against the Defendants for the unnecessary mental
agony, physical suffering in the form of loss of uncalculated time spent both
on the land to prove title to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th
Defendant and at the Police station even at the expense of going to Court to
represent fee paying&nbsp; clients as Counsel.<o:p></o:p>f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General
damages for trespass<o:p></o:p>g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order to 1st Defendant to pay for Plaintiff’s new drawing to be
charged by her Architect Mr. Friz Andoh in replacement of the ones earlier sent
to him for onward transmission to City Engineers Department for approval.<o:p></o:p>h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs.<o:p></o:p>A
summary of the background to this case is that the plaintiff, upon an
application to the 1st defendant was leased a portion of land by the
latter for the erection of a school. Several years later, the 1st
defendant leased the same portion of land to Nii Odai Ayiku who also granted a
sub-lease to one </main>