DEI XI vs. DARKE XII [1991]DLSC2167

Date	1991-07-08
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1991]DLSC2167

ADADE JSC

AMUA-SEKYI JSC

OSEI-HWERE JSC

EDWARD WIREDU JJ.S.C.

OFORI-BOATENG J.A.

KWAME TETTEH (WITH HIM MRS. QUARTEY) FOR THE APPLICANTS.

B. J. DA ROCHA (WITH HIM DR DJAMSON) FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN">DEI XI</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN">vs.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN">DARKE XII</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN">[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN">COUNSEL</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN">:</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN">KWAME TETTEH (WITH
HIM MRS. QUARTEY) FOR THE APPLICANTS.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN">B. J. DA ROCHA (WITH
HIM DR DJAMSON) FOR THE RESPONDENTS.<b><u> </u></b></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN">CORAM</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN">:</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN">ADADE, AMUA-SEKYI, OSEI-HWERE AND EDWARD WIREDU JJ.S.C.
AND OFORI-BOATENG J.A.<b><u> <o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><div style="border-top: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN">&nbsp;<u>ADADE
J.S.C.:</u></span></b><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN">The point of law
which arises for determination in this application is, essentially, whether
this court has jurisdiction to restore to the list, and hear on the merits, an
appeal which has been deemed to have been struck out by operation of law under
rule 13(2) of the Supreme Court Rules, 1970 (C.I. 13). The relevant portions of
the said rule 13 read as follows:</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quo</main>