[2023]DLHC16826 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI AFEDZIE AND NANA KOFI NYANFUL III <o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">SUBSTITUTED BY KOJO ADOKO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;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="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;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="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">EBUSUAPANYIN KOBINA ANDOH AND NANA OTSIWA VI<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt 168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; 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: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO: E1/41/2004 DATE: 2<sup>ND</sup> FEBRUARY 2023</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">AMPONSAH DAZIE WITH FRANCESCA SEFENU FOR THE PLAINTIFF EKOW AMPAH KORSAH FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">LADYSHIP MALIKE AWO WOANYAH DEY <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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt;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;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt">Per<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>writ<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>summons<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>26th<span style="font-size:7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt; mso-text-raise:3.5pt;letter-spacing:4.0pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>April<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>2004,<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>plaintiffs,<span style="letter-spacing: 4.0pt"> </span>who<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>the Ebusuapanyin<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span>Ankobeahene<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>Royal<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span>Dehyena<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>family<span style="letter-spacing:2.5pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>Enyan<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Abassa,</span> respectively, sued the defendants representing the Odumna family of Enyan Abassa for the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify; line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo5;tab-stops:4.5pt 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"">a)<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;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%">Declaration of title to all that piece and parcel of land known as Ekotsir land situate being and lying at Enyan Abassa<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:-17.9pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo5;tab-stops:4.5pt 42.9pt"><!--[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"">b)<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;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%">Recovery<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>possession<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>said<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">land</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:-17.95pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo5;tab-stops:4.5pt 42.95pt"><!--[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"">c)<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;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%">Damages<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Trespass</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify; line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo5;tab-stops:4.5pt 42.9pt 43.0pt"><!--[if !su