[2023]DLSC16092 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;tab-stops:center 244.8pt left 315.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">NII AHINQUASRO BADDOO & 3 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;tab-stops:center 234.0pt 244.8pt left 297.0pt 333.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;tab-stops:center 234.0pt left 351.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">NII TETTEY OKPE II & 5 ORS</span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;tab-stops:84.65pt center 234.0pt 244.8pt left 330.75pt 332.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;tab-stops:84.65pt 154.2pt 177.75pt 201.75pt 234.0pt 273.0pt 293.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span></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="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/59/2021 DATE: 12<sup>TH</sup> JULY, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:255.0pt 321.95pt 405.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">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="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:415.5pt;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;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">T. N. WARD BREW ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:415.5pt;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;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">CHRISTOPHER KING ESQ. FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:376.3pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">CORAM </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:376.3pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING), PROF. KOTEY JSC., OWUSU (MS.) JSC., LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC., KULENDI JSC<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">PROF. KOTEY JSC:-<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">On 21<sup>st</sup> May, 2020 the Court of Appeal, Accra, dismissed the appeal of the Defendants/Appellants/Appellants (Defendants) and affirmed the decision of the High Court, Accra dated 31<sup>st</sup> May, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CASE OF PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">On the 2<sup>nd</sup> of December, 2010 the Plaintiffs caused a writ of summons and its accompanying statement of claim which was amended on 20<sup>th</sup> June, 2013 to be issued in respect of a dispute concerning Amamole lands seeking the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><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-style: normal; 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-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate, lyi