MERCY AYORNU vs. PASTOR DANIEL AMOATENG [2023]DLHC16358

Date	2023-01-23
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD 0572/19
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16358

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

STEPHEN BILLY-ADDOM FOR PLAINTIFFS.

ISRAEL ACKAH WITH EMEFA DANKWAH AND RICHMOND ADODOADJI FOR DEFENDANT.

[2023]DLHC16358
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MERCY AYORNU <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;PASTOR DANIEL AMOATENG <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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;">

SUIT NO. LD 0572/19&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:
23TH&nbsp;JANUARY 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>STEPHEN
BILLY-ADDOM FOR PLAINTIFFS.<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;">

</div>CORAM<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;">

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

</div>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s
case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff describes herself as a
food vendor who resides in Baatsona, Accra. Ghana. It is the plaintiff’s case
that she is the owner in possession of the land in dispute which was given to
her as a gift by her grandfather Afemeku Baflo (deceased) about forty five
years ago (as at the time she issued her writ). The plaintiff asserts that her
grandfather was also the owner of four plots of land including the land in
dispute which parcels of land he got from the Laryea Santeo family of Nungua
around the year 1958. It is the plaintiff’s case that she, together with her
relatives, have constructed their dwelling houses on a portion of the land and
they have been on the land for over forty-five years without any interference
from any third party. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff asserts that on 8th
March 2019, a group of people including the defendant came to issue verbal
warnings to her and her relatives that they should vacate the land, which she
promptly reported to the Baatsona Police. The defendant promptly followed up on
his threats and on 10th March 2019, the defendant and his cohorts
came onto the land with a bulldozer and demolished part of the plaintiff and
her relatives’ properties on the land thereby causing damage to the tune of GH₵66,410.00. The plaintiff particularised
the said damage in paragraph 11 of the statement of claim. The plaintiff
however asserts that the extent of the damage was partly averted after the
intervention of the Baatsona Police.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s further case that
the defendant has resorted to the use of police officers from the CID
Headquarters in Accra together with land guards to continuously harass and
intimidate her and her relatives and they will not stop their illegal
activities unless the court compels them to do so hence the present action. The
plaintiff therefore claims the following reliefs against the defendant:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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A declaration of title to all that
piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Basket-Baatsona in the
Greater Accra Region of Ghana and measuring 100 feet more or less on the North
by Mame Fanti’s property, on the south measuring 100 feet more or less by
Frederick Sarpong’s property, on the east measuring 70 feet more or less by
Alhaji’s property and the west measuring 70 feet more or less by Afemeku
Baflo’s property and more particularly described as containing an approximate
area of 0.16 acre.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
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