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LARTEY
V.
HAUSA

(1961) JELR 67003 (HC)

High Court 15 Dec 1961 Ghana
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- The plaintiff claims ownership of a piece of land based on a grant made to him by Dr. C. E. Reindorf in 1945. - The defendant admits to entering the land and erecting structures, but argues that the land belongs to the Nii We family and n

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Judges:OLLENNU J.
Counsel:I. AMOO-LAMPTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF,E. N. MOORE FOR THE DEFENDANT

OLLENNU J.

In this case, the plaintiff based his claim to the land in dispute upon grant made to him by Dr. C. E. Reindorf in his capacity as head and representative of the family of his father, the late Rev. Christian Carl Reindorf. According to the plaintiff the grant was made originally in 1945, but a deed of conveyance exhibit A was executed for him by the grantor only on the 31st December, 1954. The cause of action is the entry by the defendant upon a portion of the land and erecting some iron sheets structures thereon. The whole of the land claimed by the plaintiff is delineated on the plan exhibit B made on the order of the court, and is thereon edged red.

The area occupied by the defendant is also shown on the same plan exhibit B and edged yellow; that area edged yellow is entirely enclosed within the area claimed by the plaintiff, edged red.

The defendant admitted the acts complained of by the plaintiff; but contended that he holds the area of land he has erected his temporary …

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