[2021]DLCA11029 • October 14, 2021 • Court of Appeal
NII OTSWI OHETSE ADOTEI IV vs. MR. BENJAMIN ASHITEY QUARSHIE, MRS. ASHITEY QUARSHIE, DANIEL GAIPAH, MONICA KLU GAIKPAH, JOHN KAFUI KWAME AND MRS. FELICIA KLU
ADJEI, J.A: The Plaintiff/Appellant on 22nd December, 2020 filed an interlocutory appeal against a ruling delivered by the High Court, Adentan, Accra on 10th December, 2020 in which the trial High Court Judge stayed the proceedings in the matter before it on grounds that there was a pending case commenced by the 3rd to 6th Defendants/Appellants against the Plaintiff Appellant herein involving the same subject before the High Court, Accra. The Plaintiff/Appellant dissatisfied with the ruling filed an appeal against same to this Court to set aside the ruling for the matter to proceed to trial. For the purposes of this appeal, the Plaintiff/ Appellant shall be described as Plaintiff, the 1st and 2nd Defendants shall maintain their designation as 1st and 2nd Defendants, and the 3rd to 6th Defendants/Appellants as 3rd to 6th Defendants. The 1st and 2nd Defendants did not appeal against ruling which is the subject matter of this appeal. The brief facts of the case were that the Plaintiff ...