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GEORGE KWADWO ASANTE & ORS
V.
MADAM ABENA AMPONSAH & ORS

(2022) JELR 109676 (SC)

Supreme Court 20 Jan 2022 Ghana
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- The case involves an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which dismissed the appellants' appeal over a land dispute. - The appellants, a father and son, acquired the disputed land from the Oshiuman Family in 1997 and cons

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Suit Number:J4/64/2021
Judges:PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING) DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC OWUSU (MS.) JSC HONYENUGA JSC PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC
Counsel:FELIX NANA OSEI ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS. A.K. BANNERMAN-WILLIAMS ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS

HONYENUGA, JSC

This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated the 14th day of January,  2019 for having dismissed the appellants appeal. 

In this Judgment, the plaintiffs/appellants/appellants would hereinafter be referred to as the  appellants and the defendants/respondents/respondents as the respondents. 

BACKGROUND FACTS 

The facts which culminated into this appeal as gleaned from the statement of claim is that  the appellants who are father and son respectively acquired the land in dispute from the  Oshiuman Family acting then per Nii Oshiu Ardey Cudjoe and Nii Abban Otoo sometime in  1997 with a Deed of Assignment in their favour. The appellants went into possession,  occupation and constructed a solid sandcrete fence wall. The appellants had quiet  enjoyment of the land until sometime in 2007 when their occupation of the land was  challenged by some persons who claimed that the parcel of land was granted them by  Akwein as Farms Company Limited and Nii Kwaku Fosu…

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