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NUMO NORTEY ADJEIFIO (SUBSTITUTED BY NII ADJEI SANKUMA) & 6 ORS
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NII MATE TESA (SUBSTITUTED BY DANIEL MAKWEI MAMAH) & 5 ORS

(2012) JELR 112185 (CA)

Court of Appeal 19 Apr 2012 Ghana
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- Plaintiffs (respondents) filed suit in 1989 in the High Court, Accra, seeking a declaration of title to 918.24 acres at Tesa near Accra, damages for trespass, an order setting aside a lease, and a perpetual injunction; 1st, 3rd, and 5th d

Case Details

Suit Number:HI/9/2012
Judges:J.B.Akamba, JA Mariama Owusu, JA E. K. Ayebi, JA
Counsel:Mr. Osafo Boaben for the 1st Defendant/Appellants Mr. E. A.Accam for the Plaintiffs/Respondents
Location:Accra

JUDGMENT

AKAMBA, J.A: This appeal is from the decision of the High Court Accra delivered on 21st December 2009 following a trial which according to the records spanned a period of about twenty years. The 1st, 3rd and 5th defendants/appellants who are aggrieved by the decision have appealed to this court seeking a reversal thereof.

The parties in this appeal will continue to be referred to by their various positions they held at the trial court, whether as first, second or third except for the substitution of plaintiff for respondents and defendants for appellants. This is intended to ease appreciation of the evidence as it relates back from the record of appeal.

The plaintiffs/respondents (herein after simply referred as respondents) initiated their action in the High Court, Accra, by a writ of summons dated 10th March 1989 claiming originally against the 1st and 2nd defendants/appellants (herein after simply referred as the appellants) jointly and severally for a declaration of title to…

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