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TAMAKLOE
V.
NUNOO

(1960) JELR 65128 (SC)

Supreme Court 9 May 1960 Ghana
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- The plaintiff claimed recovery of possession of a piece of land in Accra, asserting that he obtained a declaration of title to the land in December 1957 and that the defendant wrongfully entered the land. - The defendant argued that she p

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Judges:OLLENNU J.
Counsel:ARTHUR FOR PLAINTIFF; DEFENDANT IN PERSON.
Other Citations:[1960] GLR 115 - 119, [1960] GLR 115

JUDGMENT

OLLENNU J.

By his writ of summons issued on the 29th of January, 1959, the plaintiff claimed against the defendant an order for recovery of possession of a piece of land situate at Link Road, Accra. He pleaded that he obtained a declaration of title to the land on the 10th day of December, 1957 in this court (3 W.A.L.R. 280); and further that the defendant has wrongfully entered upon this said land.

In a defence filed on behalf of the defendant, by her solicitor, it was pleaded that the defendant purchased the land in dispute from one Modua Abrahams an elder of the Sempe Stool, Accra in 1955; that she completed erection of a substantial house on the said land in March, 1957, without let or hindrance from any quarter; that it was not until the 21st February, 1958, that she received a letter from the plaintiff’s solicitor informing her that the plaintiff had obtained judgment against her vendor Modua Abrahams. Upon these facts it was pleaded formally by the defendant that:

“4. The …

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