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E.F.A SACKEY & 4 ORS.
V.
J.M LARKAI & 7 ORS

(2023) JELR 110991 (CA)

Court of Appeal 30 Mar 2023 Ghana
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- Plaintiffs/Appellants (beneficiaries of the estate of James Hansen Sackey) sought a declaration of title, recovery of possession, damages for trespass, and an injunction against the Defendants in respect of land near Achimota, Accra, clai

Case Details

Suit Number:H1/64/20
Judges:A.B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG, JA (PRESIDING) N.A. ARYENE (MRS.), JA A.S. ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.), JA.
Counsel:KWABENA KUNADU YIADOM FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS. GLORIA GBOGBO FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.
Location:Accra

JUDGMENT

AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.), JA

This is an appeal from the decision of the High Court, Accra brought for and on behalf of the Plaintiffs/Appellants (hereafter referred to as the Plaintiffs) herein on grounds set out per a Notice of Appeal contained at pages 398 to 401 of the Record of Appeal (ROA) and filed on the 12th of March, 2013 viz;

GROUNDS OF APPEAL

i.That the Judgment is against the weight of evidence.

ii. The learned trial Judge erred when he held that the Plaintiffs did not prove the title of their grantor.

iii. The learned trial Judge and misdirected himself by inventing suppositions that the late “James Hanson Sackey acquired his wealth after 1906 when he became an auctioneer”.

iv. The learned trial Judge erred by ignoring the documentary evidence that the late James Hansen Sackey acquired a lot of property as a merchant by 1906.

v. The learned trial Judge erred by ignoring all the documentary and judicial evidence of title of the late James Hansen Sackey to the land i…

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