THE REPUBLIC vs. EDDIE ACQUAYE & 2 ORS EX-PARTE: NANA KOJO EWUSI AND 2 OTHERS [2006]DLCA6613

Date	2006-02-03
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. 9/2003.
Citation No.	[2006]DLCA6613

FARKYE J.A. [PRESIDING]

TWENEBOA-KODUA J.A.

ANIM J.A.

DR. EKOW DANIELS FOR 1ST RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

MR. E.B. ESSAMUAH FOR APPELLANT/APPLICANT

[2006]DLCA6613
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EDDIE
ACQUAYE &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE: NANA
KOJO EWUSI AND 2 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPEAL NO. 9/2003.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 3RD
FEBRUARY, 2006<o:p></o:p>

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TWENEBOA-KODUA, J.A. AND ANIM, J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>TWENEBOA-KODUA,
J.A. <o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal from the ruling of the High Court, Cape Coast. The court below
dismissed an application seeking an order for the attachment of the respondents
herein, who were also respondents in the court below, for contempt. <o:p></o:p>Aggrieved
by and dissatisfied with the said ruling, the appellants, who went to the court
below as applicants, have launched this appeal on grounds as set out below. <o:p></o:p>The
appellants' original ground of appeal states:— <o:p></o:p>"The
entire ruling is manifestly against the weight of the evidence adduced at the
trial." <o:p></o:p>The
first additional ground of appeal reads:— <o:p></o:p>"The
learned trial judge erred in law in holding that an action in chieftaincy as
was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Central Region House of Chiefs
in the suit entitled Ebusuapanyin Kojo Abor and others versus Nana Abor Ewusie
XIX is a personal action that abated upon the death of the appellant, Nana Abor
Ewusie XIX". <o:p></o:p>The
second additional ground of appeal also reads as follows:—<o:p></o:p>"The
learned trial judge was wrong in giving judgment for the respondents on the
basis that the sole purported appellant in the suit before the Judicial
Committee of the Central Region House of Chiefs had died before the said
judgment was delivered when in actual fact there were two appellants, namely
Nana Abor Ewusei XIX and Ebusuapanin Kweku Wu." <o:p></o:p>The
facts at the background of the case are slightly complicated and require some
patience to sort out. The respondents herein were victorious in the action they
instituted before the Judicial Committee of the Gomoa Assin Traditional Council
[GATC]. The title of the said action, identified as suit No. 1/79, was as
follows:— <o:p></o:p>1.
EBUSUAPANYIN KODWO ABOR <o:p></o:p>2.
NANA KOFI KORANTENG III [Odikro of Gomoa Buduburam] <o:p></o:p>3.
NANA ESSEL AMOQUANDOH VIII [Tufuhene of Gomoa] <o:p></o:p>4.
SUPI KOJO WEREM [of Gomoa Fetteh] <o:p></o:p>Versus <o:p></o:p>1.
NANA ABOR EWUSIE XIX [Ohene of Gomoa Fetteh] and Twufohen of Gomoa Assin
Traditional Area] <o:p></o:p>2.
EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU WU [of Gomoa Traditional Area Fetteh.] <o:p></o:p>