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KWADWO ASAMOAH ANING
V.
AC 01 CONSTANCE DES BORDES & AYITEY TAGOE

(2019) JELR 108160 (HC)

High Court 13 Jun 2019 Ghana
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- The plaintiff acquired the land in dispute through a lease agreement. - The plaintiff conducted an official search before acquiring the land and discovered that a section of the land was affected by a transaction. - The plaintiff register

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. LD/0868/16
Judges:BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY
Counsel:1. HENRIETTA WONTAGA FOR EVA OKYERE FOR PRISCILLA AGUDDEY FOR PLAINTIFF - PRESENT; 2. NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR DEFENDANTS.

JUDGMENT

TETTEH-CHARWAY, J.

Plaintiff’s case is that by a lease dated 14th May 2008, he acquired the land in dispute from  the Kplen We Family of Agbawe for a term of ninety nine years. Before acquiring the land,  he conducted an official search, the results of which, revealed that a section of the land was  affected by a transaction. He therefore proceeded to register the unencumbered part which  measured 1.392 acres.  

In the process of registering the unencumbered part of the land, he received a letter from the  Director of the Land Title Registry notifying him of a multiple request for survey and  preparation of parcel plan on the land in dispute affecting Plaintiff and Princeton  Multipurpose Ltd. He therefore contacted his grantors, who admitted that they had earlier  granted a larger parcel of land within which the section they had sold to Plaintiff fell, to  Princeton Multipurpose Ltd.  

Eventually, Princeton Multipurpose Ltd transferred title in the affected piece of land to the…

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