ALAWIYE vs. AGYEKUM [1984]DLCA831

Date	1984-12-19
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1984]DLCA831

EDUSEI JA

EDWARD WIREDU JA

OSEI-HWERE JA

PETER A ADJETEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT

KWAKU BAAH FOR THE DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

[1984]DLCA831
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ALAWIYE <o:p></o:p>

{COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA} <o:p></o:p>

[1984-86] 1 GLR 179<o:p></o:p>

DATE:
19 DECEMBER 1984<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>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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PETER A ADJETEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT. <o:p></o:p>

KWAKU BAAH FOR THE DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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EDUSEI, EDWARD WIREDU AND OSEI-HWERE JJA<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF OSEI-HWERE JA<o:p></o:p>Osei-Hwere
J.A. he delivered the judgment of the court. The plaintiff, by his solicitors,
sued out a writ of summons which issued at the District Court Grade I, Accra
and asked for the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p>(i)
Recovery of possession of house No 974/3, Knutsford Avenue, Accra occupied by
the defendant of which he the plaintiff is the landlord and the defendant is
the tenant.<o:p></o:p>(ii)
Order for ejectment. He accompanied the writ with an affidavit wherein he
deposed 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:
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I am the plaintiff herein and the landlord of house No 974/3, Knutsford Avenue,
Accra which the defendant is occupying as a tenant. <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">2. That
in June 1980, I gave the defendant requisite notice to quit the said premises
which I require for my own business purposes. <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
despite the said notice and subsequent efforts to recover possession of the
premises the defendant has refused or failed or both to vacate the said
premises and continues to occupy the same. <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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the defendant’s refusal to vacate the said premises has caused and continues to
cause hardship to me, as I require the premises for my business purposes. <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
in my belief the defendant has no defence whatsoever to the claim.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Wherefore and in the circumstances I swear to this affidavit in support of my
application that the suit be placed on the undefended list.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is
plain from these two documents that the plaintiff was legally advised to choose
the mode of trial of his writ of summons by placing it on the “undefended
list.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Now, by
section 9 of Order 2 of Sched 2 to the Courts Ordinance, Cap 4 (1951 Rev) which
regulates civil procedure at the district courts, it is provided that whenever
an application is made to a court for the issue of a writ of summons in respect
of a claim to recover a debt or liquidated money demand and such application is
supported by an affidavit setting forth the grounds upon which the claim is
based and stating that in the deponent’s belief there is no defence thereto,
the court shall, if satisfied that there are good grounds for believing that
there is no defence thereto, enter the suit for hearing in the “undefended list”,
and mark the writ of summons accordingly and enter thereon a date for hearing
suitable to the circumstances of the particular case. The writ and the supporting
affidavit were duly served on the defendant and, by the hearing notice served
on him, he was commanded to attend before the court on 9 January</main>