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F.G. KORBIEH, J.A.
The brief facts of the case leading to this appeal are as follows: the plaintiff/respondent acquired a piece or plot of land from the chiefs of Borteyman which land was in very close proximity to the land of the defendant/appellant, the University of Ghana’s Nungua Livestock Farm, his land is actually outside the land area of the university. The plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) enjoyed quiet possession of the land since 2006 and actually put up a commercial building and residential house on the land until he reached 80% of the completion of the house. According to the respondent, in September, 2009 without any warning to him, the defendant/appellant (hereinafter referred to as the appellant) embarked on a mass demolition exercise in the neighbourhood in which his buildings were razed to the ground and all the contents (including a hydraulic drilling machine) totally destroyed. The respondent averred therefore that he had suffered loss …