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PAPA GYIMAH GENFI
V.
DR. J .K. ACQUAYE

(2014) JELR 64717 (CA)

Court of Appeal 14 Nov 2014 Ghana
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1. The case revolves around a dispute over land ownership, with the appellant claiming to have purchased the land from Sarah Korkor Narh, who in turn acquired it from Lawyer E. A. Quaye. Quaye stated that the land was gifted to him by Madam

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/189/2013
Judges:MARFUL-SAU JA (PRESIDING), OFOE JA ,TORKORNOOJA
Counsel:KWAME BOAFO AKUFFO FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT, MR. JOSEPH TURKSON FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

JUDGEMENT

MARFUL-SAU, JA :-

This appeal is taken from the judgment of the High Court dated the 10th of April 2008. In the said judgment the court dismissed the claims of the plaintiff who will be referred to as appellant in this judgment. The trial court then entered judgment for the defendant herein referred to as the respondent on his counterclaim.

The facts of this case are simple. The appellant had purchased the parcel of land the subject of the dispute from one Sarah Korkor Narh, who in turn acquired the land from one Lawyer E. A. Quaye. Lawyer E. A. Quaye claimed that the land was gifted to him by the mother Madam Rebecca Nuamah Dodoo. The appellant as the record indicates was able to register the transaction with her vendor at the Land Title Registry under a certificate number GA 6434.

The respondent on the other hand claimed the land was gifted to her mother, who was the daughter of Madam Rebecca Nuamah Dodoo. The respondent claimed that Lawyer E. A. Quaye who was his uncle forged…

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