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PROFESSOR EBENEZER ESSUMAN AND DR. ADWOA GUAMFUA ESSUMAN
V.
GHASSAN BITAR AND 3 OTHERS

(2019) JELR 65390 (CA)

Court of Appeal 27 Feb 2019 Ghana
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- This is an appeal against a judgment in a land dispute case. - The plaintiffs, a Ghanaian married couple, acquired the disputed land in 2003 from a royal family for valuable consideration. - The plaintiffs discovered that the land was act

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/61/18
Judges:JUSTICE IRENE C. LARBI (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING), JUSTICE LAWRENCE L. MENSAH J.A., JUSTICE ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J.A.
Counsel:EMMANUEL ARTHUR ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS; BEN ACKAAH-GYASI ESQ. FOR THE 1ST AND 3RD DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.,JOHN MERCER ESQ. FOR THE 4TH DEFENDANT/CROSS-APPELLANT.

JUDGMENT

LAWRENCE L. MENSAH, J.A.

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Sekondi dated 31st July 2017. The appeal is launched by the Plaintiffs/Appellants who will be referred to as the Plaintiffs against whom the judgment was entered in favour of the 1st and 3rd Defendants/Respondents who will be referred in this judgment as 1st and 3rd Defendants. There is also a cross-appeal by the 4th Defendant/Appellant against the said judgment and he will be referred to in this judgment simply as the 4th Defendant.

FACTS:

This is a comparatively huge land appeal with several amendments of the parties. Because the parties are many and have different interests in the disputed land, the facts of the case has to be isolated so as to clear the twists and turns of the case. What this means is that the facts of each party’s case will be given and which are briefly as follows: The Plaintiffs who are a Ghanaian married couple are ordinarily resident in the United States of America. The 1s…

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