SAMATA ALHASSAN vs. RAMATU ADAM [2011]DLCA3087

Date	2011-06-24
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/40/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA3087

MARIAMA OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

F.G. KORBIEH J.A.

IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.

A. F. YAKUBU ESQ. COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

MOHAMMED ALHASSAN ESQ. COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.

[2011]DLCA3087
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMATA ALHASSAN<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>RAMATU ADAM<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO. H1/40/2011&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;
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JUNE, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&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; <o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp; F. YAKUBU ESQ. COUNSEL FOR
PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MOHAMMED ALHASSAN ESQ. COUNSEL FOR
DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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MARIAMA
OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING), F.G. KORBIEH J.A., IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is an Appeal by the
Plaintiff/Appellant (hereinafter referred to as Appellant) against the judgment
of the High Court, Tamale, dated the 21st day of July, 2010.&nbsp; In dismissing the Plaintiff’s claim, the
Court Held as follows:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “I have looked at the pleadings of the
parties after <o:p></o:p>investigating
the evidence and considered the issue <o:p></o:p>whether
or not there is a subsisting judgment in which<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;the issues raised in this instant action have
been <o:p></o:p>conclusively
and effectively dealt with by Ansah J.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(as he then was).&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I
have found as a fact that indeed Ansah J. had <o:p></o:p>determined
the issues raised in the 23rd January 1993 <o:p></o:p>judgment
in suit No LS.4/88.&nbsp; It will therefore be
<o:p></o:p>unproductive
to go on to consider the issues raised <o:p></o:p>all
over again.&nbsp; I am aware that full
evidence was led <o:p></o:p>in
this case.&nbsp; But there is robust evidence
which operates <o:p></o:p>as
estoppel per rem judicatam against the plaintiff from <o:p></o:p>re-litigating
the flames of a litigation which has been <o:p></o:p>concluded
over 17 years ago.&nbsp; This being the case,
the<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;plaintiff is estopped from re-litigating the
subject<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;matter of House No.A52, Moshie Zongo, Tamale, <o:p></o:p>by
the doctrine of estoppel per rem judicatam”.<o:p></o:p>The Grounds of Appeal are as
follows:<o:p></o:p>That the Learned Trial Judge erred
in finding that Plaintiff’s action was excluded by res judicatam without having
seen or studied the judgment which served as res judicatam.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the judgment is against the
weight of the evidence.<o:p></o:p>