GIFTY ELEANOR AYIKAI TAGOE vs. NANA ADU FRIMPONG [2023]DLSC16992

Date	2023-11-01
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/39/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC16992

SACKEY TORKORNOO (MRS.) CJ (PRESIDING)

AMADU JSC

KULENDI JSC

ASIEDU JSC

GAEWU JSC

C. ODARTEY LAMPTEY ESQ.

KWADWO ADDEAH-SAFO ESQ.

AKOSUA DUWAA KARIKARI

[2023]DLSC16992
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk152146143">GIFTY ELEANOR AYIKAI TAGOE<o:p></o:p></a><span style="font-size:
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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA ADU FRIMPONG<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:
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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/39/2023&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; DATE: 1ST NOVEMBER, 2023<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">C. ODARTEY LAMPTEY ESQ. FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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KARIKARI FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM
<o:p></o:p>SACKEY
TORKORNOO (MRS.) CJ (PRESIDING)<o:p></o:p>AMADU JSC<o:p></o:p>KULENDI JSC<o:p></o:p>ASIEDU JSC<o:p></o:p>GAEWU JSC<o:p></o: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;">

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mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>ASIEDU,
JSC:<o:p></o:p>[1]. Introduction:<o:p></o:p>My Lords, this appeal is against the judgment of
the Court of Appeal delivered on the 31st July 2019. In the said
judgment, the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of the trial High Court,
Accra which was also delivered on the 14th day of March 2014. In this
judgment, the parties will retain their original designation before the High
Court.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[2]. Facts:<o:p></o:p>In 1997, the Plaintiff, by a customary grant,
acquired a piece of land from the Sempe Mensah Family of Ablekuma, Accra. A
Deed of Lease was executed in favour of the Plaintiff. The said Lease was
subsequently stamped with number LVB 5915/2001 and registered as number
AR/2404/2000. The Plaintiff went into possession of the land by erecting
boundary pillars and constructing a fence wall around the land. Subsequently,
the Plaintiff had information that the Defendant had entered the land in
question and was constructing a foundation for a building on the land. After
the Defendant had refused to heed the Plaintiff’s warning to vacate the land,
the Plaintiff issued a writ of summons in the High Court against the Defendant
for:<o:p></o:p>1.<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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration of title to the land described in the
statement of claim.<o:p></o:p>2.<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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal</main>