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KWAMINA KORSAH V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL & 2 OTHERS

(2018) JELR 66021 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  CIVIL APPEA NO: H1/49/2017  •  16 Jan 2018  •  Ghana

Coram
IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), L. L. MENSAH (J.A), ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A)

Appearances
GUSTAV ADDINGTON ESQ. - (FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT); VINCENT NYINAKU ESQ. SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY WITH HIM NANA AISHA ,SALIFU ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY - (FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)

Judgement
<p>JUDGMENT</p><p>IRENE CHARITY LARBI (MRS) J.A.</p><p>(1) This is an appeal against the judgment delivered by the High Court, Cape-Coast on 9<sup>th</sup> June, 2015.</p><p>It is pertinent that we give brief facts of the case for a better appreciation of this appeal.</p><p>(2) The Appellant is a farmer who is ordinarily resident at Assin Kwaataa near Assin Fosu. He is the Krontihene of the town. The 1<sup>st</sup> Respondent is the Government’s Legal Adviser whilst the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> Respondent i.e. the Ministry of Agriculture and State Oil Palm Plantation respectively are state institutions. Sometime in 1991 the Appellant instituted an action entitled “KWAMINA KORSAH V. STATE OIL PALM PLANTATION and ANOR. (SUIT NO./LS 46/91)” against the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> Respondents for an order compelling the Defendants to pay compensation for himself and on behalf of some farmers whose crops were destroyed by the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> Defendants sometime in 1975 to pave way for the cultivation of an Oil Palm Plantation at Assin Kwaataa.</p><p>(3) On 25<sup>th</sup> October, 1994, the …</p>

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