MADINA SHOPPING MALL ASSOCIATION vs. ROSEHILL GHANA LIMITED, E. M. FRIMPONG AND JIMMY NUFU [2008]DLCA6224

MADINA SHOPPING MALL ASSOCIATION vs. ROSEHILL GHANA LIMITED, E. M. FRIMPONG AN... [2008]DLCA6224

Date	2008-07-31
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/128/2008
Citation No.	[2008]DLCA6224

PIESARE J.A. [PRESIDING]

MARFUL SAU J.A

OFOE J.A.

MR. NTOW FIANKO FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

MR. NATHAN P. YARNEY FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.

[2008]DLCA6224
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MADINA
SHOPPING MALL ASSOCIATION <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/ APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ROSEHILL
GHANA LIMITED, E. M. FRIMPONG AND JIMMY NUFU &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></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. H1/128/2008 &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; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 31ST JULY, 2008<o:p></o:p>

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DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS. <o:p></o:p>

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MARFUL SAU J.A, OFOE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>PIESARE,
J.A. <o:p></o:p>This
an appeal against the judgment of the Fast Track High Court, dated 24th July,
2007, delivered by Ayebi [J], brought by the MADINA SHOPPING MALL ASSAOCIATION,
suing for and on behalf of its 88 members. <o:p></o:p>Now,
looking at the endorsed capacity of the Madina Shopping Mall Association on the
Writ of Summons, it is not difficult to see that the Madina Shopping Mall
Association is not the true appellant in this appeal. The appellants are the
traders themselves. The Madina Shopping Mall Association is only in the
position of an ATTORNEY, and could not therefore have been permitted to
prosecute the plaintiff/appellants’ action at the Court below, without a POWER
OF ATTORNEY. I will come back to this issue in due course. <o:p></o:p>The
appellants filed numerous grounds of appeal, viz: <o:p></o:p>[a]
That the evidence is against the weight of the evidence on record. <o:p></o:p>[b]
That the learned trial judge erred by making wrong findings of fact and thereby
arrived at wrong conclusions resulting in gross miscarriage of justice to the
Plaintiff/Appellant. <o:p></o:p>[c]
That the learned trial judge failed to adequately appreciate the issues for
trial and thereby ignored same in determining the matter properly. <o:p></o:p>[d]
That the learned trial judge failed to appreciate the issue of fraud which was
fundamental in the proper resolution of the matter. <o:p></o:p>[e]
The learned trial judge erred by descending into the arena of conflict by
substituting his own case for that of the Defendants/Respondents. <o:p></o:p>[f]
That the trial judge erred by preferring the case of the Defendants/Respondents
to the Plaintiff/Appellant even though their evidence in court was contrary to
their pleadings. <o:p></o:p>[g]
The trial judge erred by construing the attempted negotiations for settlement
by the parties prior to the commencement of the suit as binding on the
Plaintiff/Appellant. <o:p></o:p>[h]
The trial judge erred by concluding that the transaction between the
plaintiff/Appellant and the Defendants/Respondents was one of a leasehold
whilst at the same time holding that the parties were not ad idem to the nature
and terms of the transaction. <o:p></o:p>[i]
That the trial judge erred by regarding the over ¢3.6 bn paid by
Plaintiff/Appellant as money paid only to secure their Shops/Stores, which is
unknown in law. <o:p></o:p>The
facts which gave rise to this litigation are simple. The 2nd
Defendant/Respondent, E. M. Frimpong, who was the Managing Director of the
Rosehill Shopping {Gh] Ltd., acquired a piece of land at Madina, and commenced
construction of stores on that land. Some traders, who claimed to be members of
the Madina Shopping Mall Association, expressed interest in the stores being
constructed, and applied for allocation of such s</main>