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ANNA VICTORIA BART PLANGE
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NANA EGYEI FOAH

(2011) JELR 68518 (SC)

Supreme Court 23 Feb 2011 Ghana
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- This is an appeal case regarding the ownership of a piece of land in the Central Region. - The Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the High Court, which dismissed the plaintiff's claim and entered judgment in favor of the defendant o

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/40/2010
Judges:ATUGUBA JSC (PRESIDING), AKUFFO (MS) JSC, ANIN-YEBOAH JSC, GBADEGBE JSC, AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC
Counsel:MAXWELL HALM REPRESENTS THE APPELLANT, HANRY WILLIAM KOBINA RESPONDENT PRESENT, JOHN MERCER (WITH COSMOS ANDOH) FOR THE APPELLANT, MICHAEL ARTHUR-DADZIE FOR RESPONDENT.

JUDGEMENT

GBADEGBE JSC:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal that affirmed the decision of the High Court, Cape Coast in an action that turned on the ownership of a piece or parcel of land situate at Momofra Akyenim in the Central Region. It appears from the judgment of the Court of Appeal that the leaned judges accepted the determination of the trial High court. Delivering the judgment of the court, Piesare JA (as he then was) said by way of a comment on the appeal before them as follows:

At the end of the day, the trial judge gave a straightforward and comprehensive judgment dismissing the plaintiff-appellant’s claim, and entered judgment in favour of the defendant on his counterclaim. We have carefully examined the judgment, and we have no good reason to disturb that judgment.”

In our view the facts that led to the issue of the writ of summons herein in the trial court were as said by the learned judge of the Court of Appeal whose pronouncement has just been quot…

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