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NUMO ALFRED QUAYE
V.
EDUSEI POKU

(2024) JELR 112825 (SC)

Supreme Court 18 Dec 2024 Ghana
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- This case involves a dispute over a piece of land in Ghana. - The plaintiff claims that their ancestor acquired the land after the Katamanso war and that their family has settled on the land for generations. - The defendant, a legal pract

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO: J4/15/2022
Judges:PWAMANG, JSC (PRESIDING) KULENDI, JSC GAEWU, JSC DARKO ASARE, JSC ADJEI-FRIMPONG, JSC
Counsel:CHRISTOPH KOFI KOKA ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT. O. K. OSAFO-BUABENG ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.

JUDGMENT

GAEWU, JSC

INTRODUCTION

This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 29th April 2020 (Coram: B. F. Ackah-Yensu, presiding, (JA - as she then was) I. O. Tanko-Amadu (J. A. as he then was) and A. Gaisie, (Mrs), JA. Being dissatisfied with the judgment, the Defendant/Respondent/Appellant (hereinafter referred to as the “Defendant”) has brought this appeal to this Court by a Notice of Appeal filed on the 12th of May 2020.

The Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent (hereinafter referred to as the “Plaintiff”) in the capacity of head and lawful representative of the Ayiku Gberbi Family of Larkpleh, Prampram, commenced an action in the High Court, Tema against the Defendant and sought the following reliefs:

A. A declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Afienya, Mataheko in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana and bounded on the south-east by Tema-Ho motor road, measuring 10,717.7 feet more or less, on the south-west …

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