[2023]DLHC17187 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><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">FREDA SAM & 2 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"">(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<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">SAMUEL SAGOE, KOJO DUM<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/RESPONDENTS)<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, WINNEBA]<o:p></o:p></span></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; tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt"><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""> </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. E11/001/22 DATE: 15<sup>TH</sup> MARCH 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"">B. B. SIMPSON ESQUIRE, FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANTS<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"">FRANK SAGOE, ESQUIRE, FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<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"><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 ABOAGYE TANDOH<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><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.7pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">On<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>7th<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>day<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>June,<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>2021<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Plaintiffs/Appellants<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Notice<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Appeal<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the Judgment<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>District<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Court,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Winneba,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Judgment<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>delivered<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>26<span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span></span>day of<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>March<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt"> </span>2021<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>favour<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt"> </span>Defendants/Respondents<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Plaintiffs/Appellants.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:6.1pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">For ease of reference the Plaintiffs/Appellants will also be referred to, as the Appellants whilst the Defendants/Respondents will also be referred to, as the Respondents.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.9pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.9pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt"> </span>Appellants<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>court<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>below,<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>then<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Plaintiffs<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>action<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Respondents, per their Writ sought for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.05pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6;tab-stops:20.9pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-font-width:89%">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;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Declaration that the one storey building numbered PK 55/13 sited at Penkye in Winneba is the property of the female children of the late Aunt Koraima the material grandmother of the Plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.05pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6;tab-stops:15.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-font-width:89%">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;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants their a