REPUBLIC vs. WESTERN NZIMA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL; EX PARTE MFRAMA AND OTHERS [1983]DLHC2192

Date	1983-02-07
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1983]DLHC2192

ANSAH-TWUM J.

GEORGE THOMPSON FOR QUANSAH FOR THE APPLICANTS.

R. E. GAISIE FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

[1983]DLHC2192
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vs. <o:p></o:p>

[HIGH COURT, SEKONDI]<o:p></o:p>

[1982-83] GLR 1102<o:p></o:p>

DATE:
7 FEBRUARY 1983<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

GEORGE THOMPSON FOR QUANSAH FOR THE APPLICANTS. <o:p></o:p>

R. E. GAISIE FOR THE RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM:
<o:p></o:p>

ANSAH-TWUM J.<o:p></o:p>

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This is
an application for an order prohibiting the respondents from hearing and
determining the suit entitled:<o:p></o:p>

(2) John
Mokye v. Aduku Mframra and Others Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the applicants’
affidavit in support read 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">“4. That
the case travelled on successive appeals to the full bench of the Court of
Appeal under the title aforementioned in paragraph 1 of this affidavit.” <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. that
the full bench of the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment 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">‘I am of
the opinion that this is a proper case to remit to the appropriate tribunal to
be heard de novo. In the result I shall allow the appeal and send the case back
to the Western Nzima Traditional Council or its successor to be heard de novo’.”<o:p></o:p>

The
applicants who appear to have brought this application mainly against the first
respondents, the Western Nzima Traditional Council, have stated as follows in
paragraph 9 of the affidavit in support:<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“9. That it has become clear to the
applicants that the whole of the Western Nzima Traditional Council including
the officials herein are secretly acting as parties in this suit in that it
does appear to the claimants herein that—<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
council is deliberately putting the machinery of the administration of the
council, to wit the registry of the council at the disposal of the plaintiffs,
by preparing the papers of claim for the third respondent. <o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
indeed there is evidence that the papers were prepared by the registrar of the
said council.”<o:p></o:p>

There is
an affidavit from the registrar of the Western Nzima Traditional Council, John
Akom Ntsiful, to the effect that the chieftaincy dispute concerned here has
been fixed for hearing and the parties ha</main>