[2020]DLHC8732 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#00B0F0">PETER AKPEBU AND JAPHET KODZO AMOAKU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#00B0F0">DR. EMMANUEL DOGBATSE AND NELSON KWADZO DZORMEKU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">[HIGH COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SUIT NO. E1/23/2016 DATE: 4<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">MUDA ADE LAWAL FOR ADJEI LARTEY FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">NELSON KPORHA FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">CORAM: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ERIC BAAH, J.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;border-right:none; padding:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%; 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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">A.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">i. Plaintiff’s Reliefs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The reliefs sought by the Plaintiff in the endorsement to his writ of summons dated 29<sup>th</sup> December, 2015, are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">A declaration of title and or ownership in possession and occupation of all that tract of land, known and called “<i>Xanuxi Land</i>” situate, lying and being at Sokode –Etoe and more particularly described in the schedule hereto.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">b.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Damages for trespass and wanton destruction of mango, cassava, Palm trees, plantain trees or plants and other structures or properties on the said land by the Defendant, his agents and or privies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">c.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Recovery of possession<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">d.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Such further or other reliefs as in the circumstances may be just or proper including in particular a perpetual injunction jointly and severally restraining the Defendants and each of them whether by their servants, agents, privies, assigns, whomsoever or otherwise howsoever described from destroying, demarcating or otherwise interfering in any manner whatsoever with the title, possession, occupation, management and or control of the Plaintiff of the said land or any part thereof. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Ro