ANDREWS OLATOR vs. KILLIAN AGBOVI & ANOR [2023]DLHC16944

Date	2023-07-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO. E1/17/2013
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16944

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI

ERNEST DELA AKATEY ESQ

BENEDICT KOFITSE ESQ.

[2023]DLHC16944
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ANDREWS OLATOR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KILLIAN AGBOVI &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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: 0cm; margin-right: -8.5pt;">

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -8.5pt;">

ERNEST DELA AKATEY, ESQ FOR
DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

BENEDICT KOFITSE, ESQ. FOR
PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GEORGE
BUADI <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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -8.5pt;">

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

</div>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: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Background<o:p></o:p>Claiming to be principal
member and elder of the Nyanya family of Lolobi- Kumasi, and on grounds
that there are presently issues surrounding the headship
of the Nyanya family following the demise of Herman Oye, the last family head,
Plaintiff commenced this suit as beneficial owner of the land in dispute for
these reliefs:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:35.95pt;line-height:115%;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:79.0pt">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: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that [he] is the usufruct owner
of the disputed land and farm.<o:p></o:p>2<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: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of perpetual injunction restraining
the Defendants, their privies, agents, grantees, workers or anyone claiming
through them from interfering
with the subject land in any manner whatsoever.<o:p></o:p>3<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: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the recovery by the Plaintiffs
from the defendants the sum of Twenty
Thousand Ghana Cedis
(GH¢20,000.00) being special damages for the items and
commercial properties destroyed and or taken away by the Defendants from the
land.<o:p></o:p>4<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-setti</main>