MAJORIE ATSOI CODJOE vs. SAMUEL OKPOTI SOWAH [2022]DLSC11870

Date	2022-11-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/56/2022
Citation No.	[2022]DLSC11870

YEBOAH CJ (PRESIDING)

PWAMANG JSC

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

HONYENUGA JSC

AMADU JSC

MARTIN KPEBU ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.

JOHN K. A. KLU ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

[2022]DLSC11870
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MAJORIE
ATSOI CODJOE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/
APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SAMUEL OKPOTI SOWAH<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/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.
J4/56/2022&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: 29TH&nbsp;NOVEMBER 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL <o:p></o:p>MARTIN KPEBU ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/
RESPONDENT/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;">

JOHN K. A. KLU ESQ.
FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;YEBOAH CJ
(PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, OWUSU (MS.) JSC, HONYENUGA JSC<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;, AMADU JSC <o:p></o: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="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>OWUSU (MS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p>On 13th December, 2018, the Court of
Appeal, Accra, allowed the Defendant/appellant’s appeal and granted his
counterclaim. The Court held among other things that:<o:p></o:p>“The plaintiff is further estopped by her own
statement and conduct in accordance with section 26 of the Evidence Act. Both
sections 25 and 26 of the Evidence Act are conclusive presumptions and the
plaintiff cannot resile from her own description of her land in Exhibit ‘A’.<o:p></o:p>The Defendant’s counterclaim is granted. We
accordingly order for the recall and cancellation of the Land Title Certificate
granted to the Plaintiff on 2nd May, 1988 with registration number
22B/1/26/1 contained in Volume 11 Folio 167 granted to the Plaintiff on grounds of fraud
by the Lands Commission. We further order the Lands Commission to register the
said land in favour of the Defendant.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>We further set aside the award of damages as the
record shows that the Defendant has not trespass unto Plaintiff’s land. We set
aside the judgment of the trial High Court dated 18th November, 2015
and further dismiss all the reliefs endorsed on the Plaintiff’s writ of summons”.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied with the decision of the Court of
Appeal, the plaintiff/Respondent/Appellant mounted this appeal on the following
grounds:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
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The
judgment of the Court of Appeal is against the weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
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The
Court of Appeal erred in law when it set aside the trial judge’s finding of
fact that the plaintiff acquired the disputed plot in 1954 by customary gift.<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS OF</main>