NANA KORKOR NTIM vs. STEPHANIE ANSAA OPARE [2022]DLSC11860

Date	2022-12-07
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/64/2022
Citation No.	[2022]DLSC11860

YEBOAH CJ (PRESIDING)

PWAMANG JSC

PROF. KOTEY JSC

AMADU JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

PHILIP ADDISON ESQ. WITH EUNAS KOFI ESHUN ESQ. EMMA JANE DANIELS ESQ. AND EWURAMA GENFI ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

JUSTICE OTENG ESQ. WITH ELSIE GYAN ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.

[2022]DLSC11860
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; NANA
KORKOR NTIM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>STEPHANIE
ANSAA OPARE <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<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;">

CIVIL APPEAL NO.
J4/64/2022&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;DATE: 7TH&nbsp;DECEMBER 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL <o:p></o:p>PHILIP
ADDISON ESQ. WITH EUNAS KOFI ESHUN ESQ., EMMA JANE DANIELS ESQ. AND EWURAMA
GENFI ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<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;">

JUSTICE OTENG ESQ. WITH ELSIE GYAN
ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>YEBOAH
CJ (PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, PROF. KOTEY JSC, AMADU JSC<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;KOTEY JSC:-<o:p></o:p>INTRODUCTION
<o:p></o:p>This appeal
is instituted against the unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal, Koforidua,
dated the 16th of December 2020, which affirmed the decision of the
High Court dated 19th Day of July 2019, striking out the suit
therein as disclosing no reasonable cause of action since the action initiated
by the Appellant was statute-barred. The Plaintiff /Appellant/Appellant
(hereinafter the Appellant), dissatisfied with the decision of the Court of
Appeal, has brought the instant Appeal to this Court. The Defendant/Respondent/
Respondent will hereinafter be referred to as the Respondent. <o:p></o:p>BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant commenced an action at the High Court, Koforidua, by an amended writ
of summons and amended statement of claim filed on 13/05/2016 against the
Respondent for the following reliefs<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
of title to a piece or parcel of land at Kitase-Akuapem bounded on the Southwest
by Aburi – Accra motor road, on the North- West by Springfield Avenue, on the
North-East by Adusei Poku Lands on the East and South - East by the Asona
Family, and on the South by the Asona family lands making an approximate area
of 22.76 <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
for trespass<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of possession, <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
injunction against the Respondent, her agents, assigns, representatives and
successors from making any claim to the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant alleged in her amended statement of claim that she is the queen
mother of Kitase and that her family, the Asona family owns a vast tract of
land in the Kitase-Peduase area. She further alleged that as the queen mother,
the principal members of the Asona Royal family granted her land to assist her
in her administration and that she had taken contr</main>