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ARMAR V. GYEMAH

(1966) JELR 66072 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  31 Jan 1966  •  Ghana

Coram
SARKODEE-ADOO C.J,APALOO JSC,SIRIBOE J.S.C.

Appearances
A. K. AIDOO FOR THE APPELLANT; MRS. A. HARLLEY FOR THE RESPONDENT.

Judgement

SIRIBOE J.S.C.: This is an appeal from a judgment of Acolatse J. (as he then was) sitting in the Land Court, Accra, on 30 May 1959, whereby he decided in favour of the plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff).

The case concerns a piece or parcel of land situate at Ahinakwa Road, Adabraka, Accra, more particularly described in the writ of summons and statement of claim respectively, to which the plaintiff on behalf of herself and six other children of their late father Joseph Adjaye Armar, deceased, claims title, £G100 damages and an injunction restraining the defendant, his agents and servants from entering upon it, or in any way whatsoever interfering with the plaintiff’s possession and occupation thereof.

The evidence of the plaintiff as amplified by her witnesses, more particularly the plaintiff’s first witness, is that the property in question was originally a portion of a large area of land owned by one Tetteh Doi who died intestate some time in 1920. His fa…

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