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BABA GAMBO BAAKO
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PRINCE ARMAH & 2 ORS

(2024) JELR 114433 (HC)

High Court 24 Jan 2024 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, administrator of his late father's estate, sought a declaration of title, recovery of possession, and injunction over a 1.23-acre parcel at Sabon Zongo, asserting his late father had been customarily granted the land since the

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: L310/2003
Judges:ALEXANDER OSEI TUTU, J
Counsel:HAMID MASHOOD ESQ. WITH MUKAILA ASUMAILA ESQ. H/B FOR ALI GOMDAH ABDUL-SAMAD ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF PRESENT VANESSA SAM-WOODE ESQ. WITH ISABELLA ADIREH ESQ. H/B FOR FELIX QUARTEY ESQ. FOR 1ST DEFENDANT PRESENT EMMANUEL BRONI-BEDIAKO ESQ. AND ROSELYN INKOOM ESQ. H/B FOR ISAAC OSEI-OWUSU ESQ. FOR 2ND DEFENDANT ABSENT
Location:Accra

JUDGMENT

It is a sad commentary for our judicial system that an unsophisticatedcase such as this should drag in Court for more than two decades. Icould count at least eight Judges from the records who have handledthe suit. At last, the matter is coming to an end today at the trial Court.

In the Amended Statement of Claim and Writ of Summons filed on 30th October, 2008, the Plaintiff sought for the following reliefs:

“a. A Declaration of title to the piece of land at Sabon Zongo measuring an approximate area of 1.23 acres bounded on the North-east by a proposed road measuring 185 feet more or less, on the South-West by a proposed road measuring 170 feet more or less, on the North West by the vendor’s land measuring 180 feet and 120 feet respectively more or less and on the South East by the vendor’s land measuring 175 feet more or less.

b. A Declaration that the purported acquisition of the said piece of land by the Second Defendant is null and void for compliance (SIC) with its regulation…

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