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ABDEL RAHMAN TOURE
V.
AUGUSTUS ABEEKU BREW

(2016) JELR 108009 (HC)

High Court 22 Apr 2016 Ghana
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- Plaintiff filed a writ seeking declaration of title, perpetual injunction, and damages for trespass against defendant over a parcel of land in Amanfrom near Pokuase, Greater Accra. - Defendant applied under Order 11 Rule 18(1)(b) and (d)

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT N0. FAL 640/15
Judges:MRS ELIZABETH ANKUMAH, J
Counsel:COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT: BASILIA ADJEI TAWIAH FOR KWEKU PAINTSIL ESQUIRE COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT: KWAME AGATI ESQUIRE

RULING 

This is motion on notice filed by the defendant/applicant herein praying  for an order to strike out the writ of summons and statement of claim.  The basis of the defendant/applicants’ prayer can be found in  paragraphs 4, 5, 6 to 13 of the affidavit in support filed on 18/3/16 as  follows: 

“4.That on the 11th June, 2015, the Plaintiff in the above-captioned  case issued a writ in this Honourable Court against me for a  declaration of title to a piece of land in Amanfrom, near Pokuase in  the Greater Accra region of Ghana. 

5 That I entered a vigorous defence in the matter as a matter of  course because I had purchased some plots of land in Amanfrom  in 2004 and since then has been subjected to undue harassment  interlopers, land guards and certain unscrupulous persons  including the Plaintiff and his assigns. 

6 That subsequent to the filing of my initial defence, I conducted a  search at the Land Title Registry of the Lands Commission and  discovered that the land in question b…

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