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JOSEPH HAROLD WADIE
V.
ELECTRICTITY CO. GH LTD

(2019) JELR 108154 (HC)

High Court 19 Dec 2019 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, Joseph Harold Wadie, claimed ownership (via Land Title Certificate No. 17010 and relevant conveyances) of disputed land at Agbogbloshie, accused Defendant (Electricity Company of Ghana) of trespassing by laying cables without c

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Suit Number:SUIT NO. LD/1557/16
Judges:BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY
Counsel:1. SAMUEL KODJOE FOR PLAINTIFF - ABSENT 2. AMELIA AGBESI FOR SEYRAM DARBY FOR DEFENDANT - PRESENT

JUDGMENT 

The Plaintiff, Joseph Harold Wadie, is a pensioner while the Defendant is a company  incorporated under the laws of Ghana with the duty to provide electricity for public  consumption. Plaintiff’s case is that he is the owner of a parcel of land measuring 0.16 acres  situate at Agbogbloshie on which he has put up a five (5) storey building which he intends to  use as a hotel. The said land is covered by Land Title Certificate No. 17010 issued on 3rd March 2004. 

According to the Plaintiff, sometime in July 2016, he had a call from one Mr. Nai Operpeh  Omai III, maintenance engineer of the Electricity Company, who requested for the purchase  of a section of his land to be used by the Defendant for the installation of two (2) electricity  transformers for the expansion of a nearby sub-station. The Plaintiff claims that he initially  declined to sell the land to the Defendant but subsequently agreed to sell, on condition, that  the Defendant would connect the Plaintiff’s Hotel di…

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