REPUBLIC vs. BEKOE AND OTHERS; EX PARTE ADJEI [1981]DLHC2196

Date	1981-02-27
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1981]DLHC2196

OSEI-HWERE J.

O. K. SAMPSON FOR THE APPLICANT.

E. F. SHORT FOR THE RESPONDENT

[1981]DLHC2196
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>BEKOE AND OTHERS; EX PARTE ADJEI <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p>[1982-83] GLR 91<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
27 FEBRUARY 1981<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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O. K. SAMPSON FOR THE APPLICANT. <o:p></o:p>

E. F. SHORT FOR THE RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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OSEI-HWERE J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF OSEI-HWERE J.<o:p></o:p>On 21
October 1980, the judicial committee of the Central Regional House of Chiefs
granted an interim injunction restraining the respondents herein from
interfering in any way with some ten cocoa farms and house No.C/2, Nana
Quarters, Agona Nyakrom. The committee further appointed the registrar of the
regional house of chiefs as manager-receiver of the said farms with whom the
respondents had to go into account, at the latest, by mid-November 1980. It has
not been denied that after the said order of the judicial committee, the
registrar summoned some of the parties and their respective counsel to his
office and it was then agreed that the registrar would visit the parties at
Agona Nyakrom on 7 November 1980 for the respondents to hand over to him the
ten farms and the house.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
applicant has disclosed in his affidavit that the registrar did come to Agona
Nyakrom and met the parties but the respondents wilfully refused to go with the
registrar to the said farms and they also wilfully failed to account to him in
respect of the proceeds from the said ten cocoa farms. He also complains that
the respondents have failed to account to him in respect of the proceeds from
the said ten cocoa farms. He also complains that the respondents have failed to
hand over to him as ordered by the judicial committee the said house No.C/2,
Nana Quarters, Agona Nyakrom and that the seventh respondent, Kofi Dadzie,
occupies the said house in wilful disregard of the order of the judicial
committee.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In answer
to the applicant’s affidavit, the sixth respondent has sworn to an affidavit on
behalf of himself and the other respondents as follows:<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:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“3. That
the registrar of the Central Regional House of Chiefs came to Agona Nyakrom on
7 November 1980. He arrived there about 3 p.m. <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:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">4. On his
arrival I was called to the office of the Omanhene. Present were Yaw Bekoe,
Appiah Manso, Seimebi and myself, Kojo Kuma, the registrar and the applicant.
The second, third, fourth and seventh respondents were not present. <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:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">5. The
registrar then read to us the ruling of the house and told us of his mission.
He then asked the whereabouts of those who were working on the farms. <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:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">6. The
registrar was informed that all the workers were at their respective villages.
He then decided that he would come the following week and we should notify the
workers to meet him the following week. <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:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">7. That
the registrar then informed us that the house’s vehicle was off the road and
that he had to hire a taxi at a cost of ¢600. He suggested that we should share
the cost of the taxi with the applicant. <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:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">8. We
explained to him that we had no money at the moment and that we would pay our
share the following week when he arrived. <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:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">9. The
registrar became annoyed and left. He never came again.<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:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">10. The
respondents have therefore not disobeyed the order of the house in any way. <o:p></o:p>