OGYEEDOM OBRANU KWESI ATTA VI V. GHANA TELECOM CO. LTD. & ANOR

RULING

DECISION OF THE COURT BY MAJORITY

KULENDI, JSC

This Court on 30th July, 2020, by a unanimous decision, granted the 1st Respondent leave to adduce fresh evidence on Appeal. 

The brief facts of this case are that the 1st Respondent is the grantee of the 2nd Respondent. The Applicant issued a writ of summons against the Respondents for, among other reliefs, a declaration of title to land, an order for recovery of possession and special damages for trespass and unlawful possession. The 2nd Respondent in its Defence admitted that it had granted a lease to the 1st Respondent in good faith in the belief that the land, the subject matter of the dispute, formed a part of the larger area vested in the Government of Ghana by reason of Stool Lands (Efutu and Gomoa Ajumako Instrument, 1961 (E.1 206). The 2nd Respondent further stated that upon critical examination of available records, it had come to the realization that the land in dispute is not state-vested land as same falls outside the sub…