NII OKWEI KINKA DOWUONA VI vs BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA LTD. & 2 ORS [2023]DLSC16094

Date	2023-07-12
Suit No.	CONSOLIDATED CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/62/2021
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC16094

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS.) JSC.

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC.

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC.

ASIEDU JSC

KWAME FOSU-GYEABOUR ESQ.

MAXWELL LOGAN ESQ.

CARLIS APPIAH BRAKO ESQ.

[2023]DLSC16094
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII OKWEI KINKA DOWUONA VI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA LTD. &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

CONSOLIDATED
CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/62/2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 12TH JULY, 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

KWAME
FOSU-GYEABOUR ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

MAXWELL
LOGAN ESQ. FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

CARLIS
APPIAH BRAKO ESQ. FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC
(PRESIDING), OWUSU (MS.) JSC., PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC., ACKAH-YENSU (MS.)
JSC., ASIEDU JSC <o:p></o: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;">

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</div><a name="_Hlk13039370">ACKAH-YENSU
(MS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p></a>&nbsp;INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>On the 2nd of June 1930, the then Colonial Government executed
a Deed of Exchange with the Osu Stool and its elders in respect of certain
parcels of land in Accra, notably, Ridge, Dzorwulu, and Osu.&nbsp; The lands were described in the first,
second, and third Schedules of the Deed of Exchange.&nbsp; By the Deed of Exchange, the Osu Stool was
acknowledged and recognized as the only Stool to deal with or grant the said
lands which included the two (2) plots, subject matter of the present appeal
(Plot Nos. 53 and 54, 5th Avenue, Osu Mantse’s Layout, European
Residential Area).<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Following this, the Osu Stool effected various grants to persons
including Barclays Bank (Dominion Colonial or Overseas), 1st
Defendant/Appellant/Appellant’s predecessor-in-title.&nbsp; Subsequently, on the 18th of
September 1964, the President of the Republic of Ghana vested certain lands in
the Osu Mantse’s Layout in himself in trust for the Osu Stool pursuant to the
Accra-Tema City Stool Lands (Vesting) Instrument (1964) E.I. 108.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Truly, the present matter is not the first that has put in controversy
E.I. 108 of 1964.&nbsp; See cases such as Wiredu
v Kobia-Amanfi [1991] 1 GLR 517; In Re Osu Stool; Nii Ako Nortei II (Mankralo
of Osu) v Nortey Owuoo III (Intervener) [2005-2006] SCGLR 628; Omaboe III v The
Attorney-General &amp; Lands Commission [2005-2006] SCGLR 579; Kpobi Tettey
Tsuru III v Attorney-General [2010] SCGLR 904.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In this appeal, the simple yet fundamental issue that confronts us is
whether The Accra-Tema City Stool Lands (Vesting) Instrument, E.I. 108 of 1964
affected lands that were already occupied.&nbsp</main>