ARNOLD KIRLETEY SOGBODJOR & ANOTHER vs JANET ASARE & ORS

The plaintiffs are administrators of Dr. Julius Amartey Sogbodjor and filed this action in that capacity with the following reliefs.

a. An order for declaration of title to a parcel of land situate and lying at West Legon Papao in an approximate area of 0. 36 acres and bounded on the North by developed property measured 240 ft.

more or less on the south by the developed property measuring 240 ft.

more or less and on the East by a proposed road measuring 75 ft.

b. An order for recovery of possession c. Damages for trespass CASE OF THE PLAINIFFS It is the case of the plaintiffs that the defendants are persons who have occupied a portion of land and have constructed a temporary structure on the land belonging to the late Dr. Julius Amartey Sogbodjor.

The plaintiffs stated that their late father, who was a medical practitioner sometime in the year 2000, purchased the parcel of land from Emmanuel Nii Quartey Owoo, family of Gbese.

It is the plaintiffs’ case that their deceased father immediately moved on to the land and deposited building materials, sand and trips of granites chips for the construction of a building.

The plaintiffs averred that after the death of their father sometime in 2003, they took control over the land and after depositing the building materials on it, followed up with a registration process of their father’s title to the land.

However sometime in 2010, they realized that some people have moved on to the property and all efforts to get those people out have failed.

It is the plaintiff’s case that the defendants are not known to them but they put up an attitude which indicated that they wanted to take over the land.

According to the plaintiffs, their father had commenced the registration process of his title at the Land Title Registry and a cadastral plan and publication had been made about their interest in the land.

Plaintiffs also stated that they have applied to SIC for whom the government acquired the land, and SIC had plotted same in their name to register the plaintiffs’ title since the SIC had no use for the land anymore.

Plaintiffs stated that all parties who purchased plots with Dr. Julius Amartey from same grantors have all developed their land.

It is also the plaintiffs’ case that they will rely on the lease from Emmanuel Nii Quartey Owoo’s family and request for a regularization from the State Insurance Company to prove their title to the disputed land.

THE DEFENDANTS’ CASE The defendants contend that the dimensi