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WAHIB FERRY (SUING PER HER LAWFUL ATTORNEY DORA OPPONG)
V.
STATE HOUSING COMPANY AND OREL CITY COMPAN

(2022) JELR 110019 (HC)

High Court 26 May 2022 Ghana
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- Plaintiff’s claims for title and adverse possession over government-acquired land were dismissed; the court found the land fell within territory compulsorily acquired by the State, and Plaintiff failed to prove otherwise or meet the requi

Case Details

Suit Number:LD/0944/2016
Judges:SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI (MR.)
Counsel:LIVINSTONE DEY FOR PLAINTIFF - ABSENT KWABENA ADDAE MENSAH FOR DEFENDANTS

JUDGEMENT

By his Amended Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff sought the following reliefs;

(a) Declaration of title to the land described in the schedule attached to his original statement of claim.

(b) An order for recovery of possession

(c) A declaration that the actions of the Defendants violate the rights of the Plaintiff under the 1992 Constitution.

(d) An order for specific performance compelling the 1 Defendant to regularise the title of the Plaintiff to the land described in the schedule.

(e) A declaration that the 1 Defendant’s eviction of the Plaintiff from the land is statute-barred.

(f) A declaration that the Plaintiff has gained title to the land by adverse possession.

(g) An order of perpetual injunction against the 2 Defendant and its workmen from entering the land or doing anything whatsoever on the land.

THE PLAINTIFF’S CASE:

A summary of the Plaintiff’s case as gleaned from his Amended statement of Claim and Witness Statement (Evidence-in-Chief), is that the Plaintiff acquired t…

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