NANA SARFO KANTANKA, PAUL OPPONG vs. TAKYI MENSAH, DIANA NYAMEKYE [2024]DLSC17407

Date	2024-02-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/49/2023
Citation No.	[2024]DLSC17407

OWUSU (MS.) JSC (PRESIDING)

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC.

PROF. MENSA-BONSU {MRS.) JSC

KULENDI JSC.

KOOMSON JSC.

RALPH POKU-ADUSEI ESQ.

ENOCH ADU-AMEYAW

EUNICE MENSAH ESQ.

[2024]DLSC17407
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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/49/2023&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: 28TH FEBRUARY
2024<o:p></o:p>

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mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:96.25pt;text-autospace:none">COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>RALPH
POKU-ADUSEI ESQ. WITH HIM ENOCH ADU-AMEYAW FOR PLAINTIFFS/ APPELLANTS/
APPELLANTS <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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

EUNICE MENSAH ESQ. FOR
DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>OWUSU (MS.) JSC (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON
(MS.) JSC., PROF. MENSA-BONSU {MRS.) JSC., KULENDI JSC., KOOMSON 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 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0.5pt;">

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</div>LOVELACE-JOHNSON JSC:<o:p></o:p>The designation of
the parties at the High Court will be maintained in this appeal. The Plaintiff,
suing for himself and as head of the Oyoko family of Wiamoase and one other
claimed the following reliefs against the defendants, in their capacity as the Administrators
of the estate of Kwasi Takyi(deceased).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>&nbsp;i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that House No. Plot 1 Block 1,
New Tafo (Krofofrom) which was formerly numbered plot 24 Block VI, New Tafo,
Kumasi is the property of the Oyoko Family of Wiamoase, and not the personal property
of the late Kwasi Takyi, a member of the Oyoko Family aforesaid.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
that a farmland at a place known and called AKWADWOA at Wiamoase on Wiamoase
Stool Land is the property of the Oyoko Family of Wiamoase<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
that a cocoa farm at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana sharing boundaries
with the properties of the following people; Op. Kwame Tawiah, Op. Fobri, Madam
Gyamfuwaa, and Madam Afua Serwaa (widow of the late Kwasi Takyi) is the
property of the Oyoko Family of Wiamoase.<o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual Injunction restraining the
defendants from denying the title and interest of the Oyoko Family of Wiamoase
in the disputed properties, and also restraining them personally, their
assigns, agents, workers, labourers etc from dealing in anyway, directly and
indirectly with the said peoperties.<o:p></o:p>v.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs</main>