ISAAC ANTWI V. OBIRI YEBOAH APPIAHENE

ASIEDU JSC: My lords, this is an appeal by the Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent/Appellant (hereafter referred to as the Plaintiff) against the judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 24th June 2021 which reversed a ruling given by the High Court, Tema on the 10th day of December 2018. The Notice of Appeal was filed on the 8th day of July 2021.

FACTS:

In order to put this case in perspective, it is very important to trace the history of this case. The Defendant/Applicant/Appellant/Respondent (hereinafter called the Defendant) alleges that in the year 1996 and 1997, he obtained subleases from AR AND AK PROPERTIES LIMITED in respect of two parcels of land described as plots Number C8/8 and C8/9 situate at a place called Atomic Hills Housing Estate, Accra. The Defendant says that, after acquiring the land, he went into possession by constructing a fence wall around the land and also by placing thereon a caretaker who farmed on the land. In 2014, a Certificate of Purchase was posted …