HAMMOND vs. ODOI AND ANOTHER [1972]DLCA2224

Date	1972-07-03
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1972]DLCA2224

PREMPEH J.S.C

JIAGGE JA

SOWAH J.A.

MENSAH FOR THE APPLICANT.

P. A. ADJETEY FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

[1972]DLCA2224
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HAMMOND <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>ODOI AND ANOTHER <o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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DATE:
3 JULY 1972.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MENSAH FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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PREMPEH J.S.C., JIAGGE AND SOWAH JJ.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF PREMPEH J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>This is
an application by the plaintiff-respondent-applicant (hereinafter referred to
shortly as the applicant) for an order for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court
against the majority judgment of this court in Odoi v. Hammond [1971] 1 G.L.R.
375, C.A. given on 21 December 1970, setting aside the judgment of Apaloo J.A.,
as he then was, sitting as an additional judge of the High Court, Accra. The
majority decision of this court from which Siriboe J.S.C. dissented was
delivered by Azu Crabbe J.A., as he then was, and Sowah J.A.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In order
the better to appreciate the reason why leave to appeal had to be sought from
this court, it is necessary in the first place to know the nature of the
proceedings which were commenced in the trial court, and to refer also to the
provisions of the law then applicable, that regulated the procedure for appeals
from this court to the Supreme Court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The claim
of the applicant against the defendants-appellants-respondents (hereinafter
referred to as the respondents) as stated in his writ of summons was for:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
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declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate lying and
being at Kotobabi Accra and bounded on the north by Osu Stool land measuring
140 feet on the south by a proposed road measuring 140 feet on the east by
plaintiff’s land measuring 100 feet and on the west by a proposed road
measuring 100 feet. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
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damages for trespass. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Perpetual injunction against the defendants, their servants, workmen and agents
from entering the said land.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I think
it is just enough at this stage to mention that the pleadings which were filed
in the trial court have been fully reproduced in the judgment of this court
(Odoi v. Hammond (supra)), and as to their effect and importance I cannot but
agree in toto with the preliminary remarks of Azu Crabbe J.A. when he said at
p. 379 that, “The statement of claim endorsed on the writ and of the statement
of defence are both important.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>At the
end of the trial, the learned High Court judge pronounced judgment in favour of
the applicant, against which the respondents appealed to this court, which in
turn reversed it on several grounds including questions of law and mixed law
and fact; it is against this judgment that the application has been brought.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>