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ACHIMOTA SCHOOL
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NII AKO NORTEI & 2 ORS

(2020) JELR 109743 (SC)

Supreme Court 20 May 2020 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over land ownership between the plaintiffs and the defendants. - The plaintiffs filed a suit in the High Court seeking various reliefs, including a declaration of their title to the land, recovery of possession

Case Details

Suit Number:J4/09/2019
Judges:DOTSE, JSC (PRESIDING) APPAU, JSC PWAMANG, JSC DORDZIE (MRS), JSC OWUSU (MS), JSC
Counsel:GOLDA DENYO FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT. FRANK DAVIES WITH BRIGHT OKYERE-ADJEKUM FOR THE 1STDEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

DOTSE, JSC:- 

We wish to commence this delivery by the following quotation which we think sums up  the conduct of all major stakeholders in this case.

Quotation attributed to Thomas a Kempis. See Jack Fairweather’s Book “The Volunteer  the true story of the resistance hero who infiltrated Auschwitz” unnumbered  page before the contents. 

“Whoever loves much, does much. 

Whoever does a thing well does much 

And he does well who serves the common community before his own  interest.” Emphasis  

This is an appeal by the Plaintiffs/ 1st Respondents/Appellants, hereafter, Plaintiffs against  the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 2nd November 2017.  

The Court of Appeal judgment referred to supra actually reversed the Ruling of (Judge  No. 4) sitting at the High Court Accra, dated 20th July 2016 wherein she dismissed an  application filed by the 1st Defendant/Appellant/1st Respondent, hereafter 1st Defendant,  which sought to dismiss the suit filed therein by the Plaintiffs against the 1st De…

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