TOGBE LUGU AWADALI IV vs GLORYLAND ESTATE, TORGBUI ABORDOR VIII [2023]DLSC16125

Date	2023-07-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/12/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC16125

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC (PRESIDING)

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

KULENDI JSC

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC

ASIEDU JSC

ANTHONY DESEWU ESQ.

DR. JOE ATTIPOE ESQ.

[2023]DLSC16125
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TOGBE LUGU AWADALI IV<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GLORYLAND ESTATE, TORGBUI ABORDOR VIII<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESONDENTS/APPELLANTS)<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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/12/2023&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;DATE: 19TH &nbsp;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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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DESEWU ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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ATTIPOE ESQ. FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/APPELLANTS&nbsp;&nbsp; <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>LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC (PRESIDING), PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC,
KULENDI 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>ASIEDU
JSC:-<o:p></o:p>Introduction:<o:p></o:p>My Lords, this appeal is against the judgment of
the Court of Appeal, sitting at Ho, in the Volta Region, delivered on the 8th
day of July 2022. In the said judgment, the Court of Appeal set aside the
judgment of the High Court sitting at Sogakope, in the Volta Region which was
entered, on the 19th day of February 2021, in favour of the 2nd
Defendant/Respondent/Appellant (hereafter referred to as the
Defendant/Appellant) against the Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent (who will also
be referred to as the Plaintiff/Respondent).<o:p></o:p>Facts:<o:p></o:p>The facts of this case are that the 2nd
Defendant granted to the 1st Defendant, an Estate Developing
Company, a parcel of land situate, lying and being at Dabala junction
particularly, between Dabala junction and Dabala township directly opposite the
Star Oil Filling Station at Dabala junction. The Plaintiff is the Head and Lawful
Representative of the Anyigbe Clan of Agave and also the Head of the Awadali
Family. The Plaintiff claims that the land in question forms part of the larger
land belonging to the Anyigbe Clan and that he, being the Head and Lawful
Representative of the Anyigbe Clan as well as the Head of the Awadali Family,
is the only authority that can alienate parcels of land belonging to the
Anyigbe Clan. The Plaintiff therefore, by an amended writ of summons, claims
against the Defendants: <o:p></o:p>(1) Declaration of title to ALL THAT PARCEL OR
PIECE of land situate, lying and being between Dabala Junction and Township and
opposite the Star Oil Filling Station directly, which is the subject matter of
this suit and which forms part of the larger tract of lands Declared by the Supreme
Court of the Gold Coast Colony in the suit titled CHIEF DOH &amp; CHIEF ADOGO
VRS AFIANU, AGBLEDJORWU &amp; AHIAKU as Anyigbe Clan lands, bounded on one sid</main>