LOKKO vs. LOKKO [1991]DLCA2273

Date	1991-06-27
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1991]DLCA2273

ESSIEM JA

OFORI-BOATENG JA

ADJABENG JJ.A.

A. AMARTEIFIO FOR THE APPELLANT.

PETER ADJETEY S.A.G. FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[1991]DLCA2273
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LOKKO<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>LOKKO<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF
APPEAI, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[1991] 2
GLR 184<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>A.
AMARTEIFIO FOR THE APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PETER
ADJETEY, S.A.G., FOR THE RESPONDENT. <o:p></o:p>

ESSIEM,
OFORI-BOATENG AND ADJABENG JJ.A. <o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGMENT
OF OFORI-BOATENG J.A.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff-appellant
(hereinafter referred to as the appellant) and the defendant-respondent
(hereinafter referred to as the respondent) used to be husband and wife. After
they had divorced, they locked horns over the ownership of a piece of land with
a house on it.<o:p></o:p>The
respondent was resident in the United States when the appellant issued a writ
against her. Her address was: c/o Head of Mission, Ghana Permanent Mission to
the United Nations, New York, USA. In spite of the fact that the respondent had
a foreign address indicating that when the writ was issued it would be served
outside the jurisdiction, the appellant issued the writ without the usual leave
of the court, contrary to Order 2, r. 4 of the High Court (Civil Procedure)
Rules, 1954 (L.N.140A). He however applied for leave to serve the writ out of
the jurisdiction.<o:p></o:p>Before
this application for service out of the jurisdiction could be dealt with, the
respondent, by her solicitors, entered appearance sealed on 1 August 1986
indicating that the respondent’s address for service was: “Jonathan Arthur
&amp; Co., 28 Sobukwe Road (formerly 47 Farrar Avenue), Adabraka, Accra.”<o:p></o:p>On the
same day, the solicitor of the respondent filed a motion to set aside an order
of interim injunction that had been granted on 23 July 1986 by Ampiah J.A.,
sitting as an additional High Court judge. In the supporting affidavit of the
motion, one Pitri Victor Magnussen had sworn to a long affidavit; the first two
paragraphs read:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-add-space:
auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;
border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(1). That I am the lawful attorney of the
first defendant in the above-named suit pending in this honourable court. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-add-space:
auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;
border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(2). That on 28 July 1986, at my own request
I was served with the following papers: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
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mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Writ of summons. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Statement of claim. <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:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Certified copy of the order of interim
injunction dated 23 July 1986.”<o:p></o:p>