MUSSTAFA TETTEY ADDY AND 2 OTHERS
V.
ARMEEN KASSARDJIAN

(2002) JELR 63493 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA NO. 99/2000 · 31 Jan 2002 · Ghana

CORAM

BROBBEY J.A. (PRESIDING), ADINYIRA J.A., AMONOO-MONNEY J.A

Core Terms ^Beta

land

respondent

claim

disputed land

exhibit

greater accra region

appellate tribunal

central region

dispute

trial judge

enquiry numbers

favour of the respondent

inquiry number

lands department

main issue

plaintiff’s case

statement of claim

trial court

academy of african music

additional grounds of appeal

basis of another enquiry

case of the respondent

claim of his grantors

decision of an accra high court

evidence decree

evidence of that ownership

favour of the plaintiff

first appellant

first issue

gomoa nyanyanor

grantors of the plaintiff

important question

lands of the people of amanfro

main reasons

name of the bortianor stool

onus of proof of his title

part of the case of the first appellant

reality of the situation

respondent’s reliefs

respondent’s summons

second defendant

second issue

second point

simple reason

stool lands boundary appeals tribunal

stool lands boundary settlement commission

sufficient evidence

traditional allegiances

trial judge’s own analysis

weight of evidence

BROBBEY, J.A:

This is an appeal from the decision of an Accra High Court in which judgment was given in favour of the plaintiff/respondent, hereinafter referred to as the respondent for short.

The facts that gave rise to the litigation were these; the respondent claimed that he acquired the land in dispute from Gomoa Nyanyanor in 1973 and registered it at the Lands Department as No. 1498/1977. After acquiring the land, he entered into possession by constructing chalets on portions of it. The defendant who shall hereafter be referred to as the first appellant claimed that he acquired the land in dispute from the chief of Kokrobite in or about 1974. He added that on enquiring from the Lands Department, he discovered that the land had been registered in the name of the Bortianor stool. He therefore repurchased the land from the Bortianor stool in order, as he put it in his statement of defense, to hedge his title. When the litigation started, Bortianor stool joined as co-defendant. That st…

MUSSTAFA TETTEY ADDY AND 2 OTHERS V. ARMEEN KASSARDJIAN

MUSSTAFA TETTEY ADDY AND 2 OTHERS
V.
ARMEEN KASSARDJIAN