DZOTEPE vs. HAHORMENE III (NO. 2) [1985]DLCA908

Date	1985-11-14
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1985]DLCA908

ADADE J.S.C.

EDUSEI JA

OSEI-HWERE J.A.

ARMSTRONG ACKUAKU FOR THE DEFENDANT.

SENAYA FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.

[1985]DLCA908
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DZOTEPE <o:p></o:p>

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

[1984-86] 1 GLR 294<o:p></o:p>

DATE:
14 NOVEMBER 1985<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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ARMSTRONG ACKUAKU FOR THE DEFENDANT. <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ADADE J.S.C., EDUSEI AND OSEI-HWERE JJ.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF EDUSIE J.A.<o:p></o:p>In this
appeal I shall simply refer to the plaintiff-respondents as the plaintiffs and
the defendant-appellant as the defendant. The amended claim on the writ reads:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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plaintiffs as the chief and elders of the Tovie tribe of Tegbi in the Volta
Region claim for themselves and the said Tovie tribe an order against the
defendant declaring a judgment allegedly obtained by the defendant’s
predecessor in the Anloga Native Court B on 14 May 1953 in a case entitled:
Moses Kwesi Agbemabiase (for himself and on behalf of George Agbemabiase Family
of Tegbui —plaintiffs <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">v. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Ahiagble Dzisam <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Amedome Kwakuvi all of Tegbui —defendants <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Hahormene Kwami Horsuglo <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Nicholas Brutus Zervu —co-defendants <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">3 Kwasi
Gbordzi <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Koklo Dzisam&nbsp; <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">(for themselves
and on behalf of the Tovie tribe of Tegbi) and tendered at the Circuit Court,
Ho in a case of the same title and marked exhibit A as null and void on the
grounds that the said judgment was obtained by fraud, misrepresentation,
perversity or both and also to declare exhibit C tendered in evidence at the
Circuit Court, Ho in the same case bearing same title null and void on the same
grounds.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
plaintiffs in their statement of claim, paragraph 5, set out the particulars of
fraud in these words:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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Moses Agbemabiase in procuring exhibit A, i.e. the alleged judgment from the
native court in 1953, altered the original plan of the disputed land without
the knowledge and consent of the other Tovie tribe elders then alive and made
it appear as if the original plan also stated that the land originally belonged
to him; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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