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APPOLO CINEMAS ESTATES (GH) LTD
V.
CHIEF REGISTRAR OF LANDS AND OTHERS

(2004) JELR 65557 (HC)

High Court 3 Mar 2004 Ghana
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- The plaintiff, Appolo Cinemas and Estates (Gh) Ltd, sued the defendant, Yaw Boakye, for various reliefs including recovery of possession of disputed land, special damages for destruction of a house, and a declaration of title to the land.

Case Details

Judges:APPAU J
Counsel:EMMANUEL OHENE FOR THE PLAINTIFF; STELLA ACKWERH FOR THE FIRST DEFENDANT.,EKOW AWOONOR (WITH HIM CHARLES TETTEH) FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD DEFENDANTS.
Other Citations:[2003-2005] 1 GLR 167

JUDGEMENT

Appau J.

In 1999, precisely on 14 December 1999, the plaintiff, Appolo Cinemas and Estates (Gh) Ltd, in a suit No 600/99 sued the defendant (Yaw Boakye) hereinafter referred to as the third defendant, in this consolidated suit claiming five reliefs, namely: (a) recovery of possession of the disputed land as described on the writ of summons; (b) special damages for wrongful and illegal destruction of house No F 572/1; (c) an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, etc from entering the said land and carrying on any work or building operations thereon; (d) declaration of title to the said plot of land and the demolished building thereon; and (e) general damages for trespass and destruction of the said land and building thereon.

The statement of claim accompanying this writ is very brief. It contains only six paragraphs and the sum total of the plaintiff’s case as pleaded is that it is the legal and beneficial owner of a piece of land with a building thereon as d…

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