[2023]DLSC16097 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">OSEI YEBOAH<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">DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT</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">OSEI KARIKARI</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">(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<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:115%;tab-stops:84.65pt 154.2pt 177.75pt 201.75pt 234.0pt 273.0pt 293.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;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:115%;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; line-height:115%;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. J4/28/2020 DATE: 26TH JULY, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:255.0pt 321.95pt 405.0pt"><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">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:115%;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;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">FRANK G. DONKOR ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%;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;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">DENNIS-MICHAEL AYETTEY ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF /APPELLANT /RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:376.3pt"><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">CORAM </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;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="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">OWUSU (MS.) JSC (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC., PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC., ASEIDU JSC., KOOMSON 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;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:144.0pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">OWUSU 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%;tab-stops:144.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">On 26<sup>th</sup> November, 2018, the Court of Appeal, Koforidua allowed the appeal of the Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent. In its judgment the Court of Appeal held among other things as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%; tab-stops:144.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">“Having found that the trial judge erred in entering judgment for the defendants/respondents, we agree with the fifth ground of appeal that the judgment is against the weight of evidence led at the trial. We reverse the conclusions of the trial judge and rescind her order that the defendants/respondents recover the compensation paid to the plaintiff/appellant with interest.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:115%;tab-stops:144.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Appeal succeeds.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%; tab-stops:144.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">We order a declaration of title against the defendants/ respondents for the land claimed in the writ of summons…… <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%; tab-stops:144.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">We award Gh</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">₵</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">5,000.00 general damages against the defendants/respondents for trespass.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:4.5pt; line-height:115%;tab-stops:144.0pt"><i><span style="font-