FAITH SALVATION CHURCH vs. SAMUEL OTENG AND 3 OTHERS [2010]DLHC8487

Date	2010-07-20
Suit No.	SUIT NO. C1\|39\|01
Citation No.	[2010]DLHC8487

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON

I. K. ANTWI FOR PLAINTIFF / APPLICANT

OWUSU DAPAA FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2010]DLHC8487
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FAITH
SALVATION CHURCH<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SAMUEL OTENG AND 3 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO. C1|39|01&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:
20TH JULY, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>I.
K. ANTWI FOR PLAINTIFF / APPLICANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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OWUSU
DAPAA FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

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</div>Mr. Emmanuel Adusei – Poku, who claims to be a member of
the plaintiff church, took out a motion on notice praying this court for a
review of its decision of 23rd February, 2010 when it ordered an
interlocutory injunction to restrain him from presenting himself as the
Spiritual Leader and Head Pastor of the plaintiff church. The order under
attack was as a result of an application by the defendants/respondents for an
order of interlocutory injunction to restrain Mr. Emmanuel Adusei-Poku and others
from administering the plaintiff church. The application was granted in respect
of only Mr. Emmanuel Adusei-Poku, the applicant herein.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>He is aggrieved with the order against him and hence the
instant application for a review of the decision of the court. His motion is
supported by an affidavit in which he deposed that the court committed two
errors in its ruling and these formed the basis of his application.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The first of these alleged errors is the interpretation
the court gave to a paragraph (3) of the reply and defence to counter-claim
filed on behalf of the plaintiff church in response to the statement of defence
and counter-claim filed by the defendants/respondents in reaction to the write
of summons of the plaintiff issued on 24th September, 2009.<o:p></o:p>The said paragraph (3) is in the following terms:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“3.
To the extent that the defendants are in control of Faith Salvation Church,
paragraph (4) of the defence is denied and in reply the plaintiff repeats
paragraph 9 and 10 of the statement of claim in reply thereto” <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>For a better understanding of the argument paragraph 4 of
the statement of defence is also hereby reproduced as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“4
Save that the plaintiff is a church under the control of the defendants who
were co-plaintiffs with Emmanuel Adusei-Poku in suit No. LS/197/2001, paragraph
4 of the statement of claim is admitted.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Now, paragraph 4 of the statement of claim says that:<o:p></o:p>“4
The plaintiff says that in or about 1980 it was registered and known as Faith
Salvation Church of Ghana under the Religious Bodies (Registration) Law.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Interpreting paragraph 3 of the reply to the defence and
counter-claim, the court took the view that the plaintiff church had admitted
that the defendants were in control of the church, and a</main>