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JESSIE WOETSA NYAFLI FLAMMER & ANOR
V.
KOFI AGYEMAN & ANOR

(2016) JELR 108417 (HC)

High Court 24 Jun 2016 Ghana
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- The case revolves around a dispute over land ownership between the same parties involved in a previous suit (No. BL/746/2005), where the High Court ruled in favor of the defendants. The plaintiffs allege that the previous judgment was obt

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Judges:JUSTICE ELIZABETH ANKUMAH (MRS)
Counsel:COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS: NANA TABIA AMOAKOHENE FOR PAUL OPOKU ESQUIRE; COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS: PETER ZWENNES.

RULING 

ANKUMAH (MRS), J.

The root of this suit can be traced to a judgment delivered by the High  Court presided over by my brother Justice Peter Bright Mensah on the 17th day of January, 2013 in favour of the Defendants herein. The parties in  that suit are the same as in this suit. That suit was Suit No. BL/746/2005.  The Defendants therein traced their title to the Odai Ntow family of  Ashongman. The Plaintiffs in Suit No. BL/746/2005 claimed against the  Defendants declaration of title to land as described in the schedule in the  present statement of claim and damages for trespass, among others.  Simply put, the Plaintiffs therein, who are the Plaintiffs herein, claimed  against the Defendants therein (who are the Defendants herein)  declaration of title over the same parcel of land as described herein. 

The Defendants in that suit (who are the Defendants herein) also  counterclaimed against the same Plaintiffs for ownership of this land.  

As stated supra, after trial judgment was…

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