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ODIKRO AJANNOR TETTEH
V.
KWESI KORLETEY

(2016) JELR 108436 (HC)

High Court 6 Dec 2016 Ghana
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- This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in a land dispute case. - The defendant filed a Notice of Appeal, raising several grounds of appeal. - The defendant argued that the trial magistrate erred in failing to address

Case Details

Suit Number:LDA/0001/2016
Judges:MRS. ELIZABETH ANKUMAH J
Counsel:COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT: J A LARKAI ESQUIRE; COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: FAUSTEL COFFIE ESQUIRE.

JUDGMENT

 ANKUMAH J.

This is an appeal from a judgment delivered at the District Court  Dodowa on 11th May 2014 in favour of the plaintiff. The defendant  Appellant dissatisfied with the judgment filed Notice of Appeal on  10/9/14 and amended same. 

The Notice of Appeal filed on behalf of the defendant/appellant can be  found on pages 139 and 140 of the appeal record. They are: 

a. “The trial Magistrate erred in law and in fact for failing to address  the issue of limitation raised by defendant and hold that the  plaintiff’s action is statute barred. 

b. The trial Magistrate erred in failing to consider her own judgment  in suit number A1/10/2012 affecting defendant’s land and forming  part of the land in dispute which the plaintiff grantor and  witnesses testified. 

c. The trial Magistrate erred in holding that the land in dispute  belongs to the plaintiff. 

d. The judgment is against the weight of the evidence 

e. The appellant shall seek the leave of the Court to file additional  grounds …

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