[2023]DLHC16818 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">EBU. NANA KOJO DAME, EBU. KWAME ANNAN AMOAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">JOSEPH BAIDOO & 3 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO.</span> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">E1/03/2020 DATE: 28<sup>TH</sup> JULY, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:96.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">ISAAC AGGREY-FYNN, ESQ. FOR SOLOMON GYESI FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">K.O. AMPONSAH-DADZIE, ESQ. FOR THE 1ST, 2ND AND 4TH DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:105.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL ATSU LODOH<o:p></o:p></span></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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <h1 align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Introduction</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:6.8pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>action<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>essentially<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>matter<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>touching<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>determination<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>rights<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the parties over the disputed land.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>The Plaintiffs on 30<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span></span>July, 2019 took out a Writ of Summons against the first three Defendants. Subsequently, following a series of amendments and joinders, the Writ<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>of Summons was plagued with its final amendment to include the 4<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span></span>Defendant and same was filed on 3<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">rd<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span></span>September, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <h1 align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Action</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Thus<span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>per<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>writ<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>summons<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>3<span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">rd<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span></span>September,<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>2020,<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>Plaintiffs<span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>claimed<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>the following reliefs against the defendants:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%; mso-list:l14 level2 lfo14;tab-stops:43.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">A declaration of Court to the effect that the land lying and being on the Cape Coast-Jukwa Road on the right hand side from Cape Coast, which land is known and called Wonyatu and bounded on the West by the Cape