IN THE CONSOLIDATED SUITS OF AKONA FAMILY OF KWAHINKROM (PER EBUSUAPANYIN KWAMINA ACKON SUBST. BY OPANYIN KWESI ESSUON) vs. MAJOR (RTD.) KORSAH And EBUSUAPAYIN KWAW ESSUON (SUBST. BY KWAW ARHIN) vs. EBUSUAPAYIN KWAMINA ACKON (SUBST. BY OPANYIN KWESI ESSOUN) [2022]DLSC16111

IN THE CONSOLIDATED SUITS OF AKONA FAMILY OF KWAHINKROM (PER EBUSUAPANYIN KWAMIN... [2022]DLSC16111

Date	2022-12-14
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/56/2022
Citation No.	[2022]DLSC16111

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

AMEGATCHER JSC

PROF. KOTEY JSC

TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC

KULENDI JSC

BAFFOUR DWUMAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT AND DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

E. K. AMUA-SEKYI ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT AND PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.

[2022]DLSC16111
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN THE CONSOLIDATED
SUITS OF AKONA FAMILY OF KWAHINKROM (PER EBUSUAPANYIN KWAMINA ACKON SUBST. BY
OPANYIN KWESI ESSUON)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MAJOR (RTD.) KORSAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>And<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPAYIN KWAW
ESSUON (SUBST. BY KWAW ARHIN)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPAYIN KWAMINA
ACKON (SUBST. BY OPANYIN KWESI ESSOUN)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELANT/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;DATE:
14TH DECEMBER 2022&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL <o:p></o:p>BAFFOUR DWUMAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT
AND DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal;tab-stops:82.3pt;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">E. K. AMUA-SEKYI ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT
AND PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT. <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING), AMEGATCHER JSC, PROF. KOTEY
JSC, TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC, KULENDI 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;text-align:center;
line-height:normal;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">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;TORKORNOO
(MRS.) JSC: -<o:p></o:p>The
appeal before us has arisen from two cases that were consolidated and tried
together. The first case was commenced on 20th December 2010 and
numbered E1/22/11. In this first suit, the Akona family of Kwahinkrom acting by
Ebusuapayin Kwamina Ackon, who was later substituted by Kwesi Essuon (Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent
to this appeal and hereafter referred to as Respondent) sued a man called Major
(Rtd) Korsah (Defendant/Respondent/Appellant, herein referred to as 1st
Appellant). His claims were for:<o:p></o:p>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-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Special
and General Damages against the defendant for winning literite on part of the
Abrobeano lands, which belongs to the plaintiff’s family without any lawful
authority.<o:p></o:p>ii.<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-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual
Injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, assigns and all who claim
through the defendant from interfering with the plaintiff family’s ownership
and possession of the Abrobeano lands which is bounded by the stool lands of
Dominase stool, Aburansa stool and the Nsona family of Komenda.<o:p></o:p>In
their Statement of Claim, the Respondent averred that the ownership of
Abrobeano lands by the Akona family had been confirmed by both the Circuit Court,
Cape Coast and the Court of Appeal, Accra in two separate judgments. The Circuit
Court case was titled Akona family of Kwahinkrom v Kwame Mmonyi and 4 others
(Defendants) and Nana Okrakow 111 (Co-defendant) with suit number LS/15/92.<o:p></o:p>It
was their case that during the pendency of suit no LS 15/92 the 1st
Appellant was resident in Abrobeano but took no steps to protect and vindicat</main>