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KPLEN WE FAMILY/CLAN
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NUUMO ANKRAMAH & 11 ORS

(2020) JELR 112273 (CA)

Court of Appeal 12 Nov 2020 Ghana
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- This case involves a dispute over ownership of land at Oyarifa. - The plaintiff filed a claim seeking declaration of title to the land, cancellation of grants made by the defendants, damages for trespass, recovery of possession, and injun

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Suit Number:H1/138/2018
Judges:MARGARET WELBOURNE, J. A. (PRESIDING) NICHOLAS C. AGBEVOR, J.A ERIC K. BAFFOUR, J.A
Counsel:4th Defendant/Appellant Represented by Richard Adjei Quaye Present. 10th Defendant/Appellant Represented by Samuel Boye Tsakle. 5th Defendant/Respondent Represented by Emmanuel Okpoti Odjenma Present. Nana Boakye Mensah Bonsu, Esq for 3rd and 4th Defendants/Appellants Present. Ben Annan for Respondents Absent.
Location:Accra

JUDGMENT

BAFFOUR J.A:

INTRODUCTION

The claim of the Plaintiff that originated the wrangling that has ended in this court might have been stillborn, yet its embers continue to fester. This appeal by the 1st to 4th as well as the 10th Defendants (hereinafter called the Appellants) is surely the progeny of the writ that was birthed by the Plaintiff on the 24th of August, 2007, wherein he sought reliefs against all the Defendants for declaration of title to about 15,000 acres of land at Oyarifa, and more particularly 118.84 acres of land, an order for cancellation of grants made by the 5th to 10th Defendants to third parties, damages for trespass, an order of recovery of possession and injunction. In the statement of claim Plaintiff alleged itself to be the owners in possession of the allodial title to all lands at Oyarifa and that Appellants who hail from the Abese Animle We family of the Abese quarter of La are residential licensees of its family lands at Oyarifa. That the 5th to 7th Defen…

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