GHANA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARAGES V. DAVID JOE LARTEY & AKIRA COMPANY LTD.

J U D G M E N T 

Introduction 

This matter is an appeal from the judgment of His Worship Nana Asibey Osei sitting  at the Amasaman Magistrate Court delivered on 23rd February 2016. The  plaintiff/respondent (in this judgment referred to as the plaintiff) acquired a parcel of  land from the Awulemona family of Ofankor for the use of its members. The plaintiff  was granted a 99 year lease of the land. The plaintiff parcelled out the land to its  members and each member paid an amount of money which was referred to as plot  fund for the use of the land. The land was to be used for light industrial purposes only.  

The 1st defendant/appellant (in this judgment referred to as 1st defendant), as a member  of the association was allocated his portion of the land in 2003. The plaintiff asserts  that the 1st defendant’s land was ¼ plot but the 1st defendant asserts  that it was ½ plot. It is the plaintiff’s case that one of the privileges of being a member  of the association is the member’s e…