YEHANS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED vs. MARTEY TSURU FAMILY [2011]DLSC2670

Date	2011-11-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/23/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLSC2670

BROBBEY JSC (PRESIDING)

ANSAH JSC

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

YEBOAH JSC

BONNIE JSC

DANIEL OWUSU-NYAMPONG FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT

GABRIEL PWAMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2011]DLSC2670
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >YEHANS INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MARTEY TSURU FAMILY<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<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. J4/23/2011 &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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 30TH NOVEMBER, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>DANIEL OWUSU-NYAMPONG FOR
THE 2ND DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT,<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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GABRIEL
PWAMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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BROBBEY JSC (PRESIDING) ,ANSAH JSC ,OWUSU (MS.) JSC,
YEBOAH JSC, BONNIE JSC<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>ANIN
YEBOAH, JSC<o:p></o:p>On the 30/11/2011 we dismissed the interlocutory
appeal from the unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal and reserved our
reasons.&nbsp; We now proceed to offer our
reasons for the dismissal of the appeal.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The respondent herein commenced an action at the
High Court, Accra on 22/12/2006 for declaration of title to a piece of land at
the Light Industrial Area, Accra.&nbsp; As
usual with actions for declaration of title, other ancillary reliefs were sought
against the appellant herein.&nbsp; On the
30/01/2007, the respondent herein filed a motion on notice for interlocutory
injunction.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In a rather terse affidavit sworn to by one
Pendagrass Borketey Alabi, the respondent exhibited an indenture and Land Certificate
and deposed to the fact that the respondent would change the nature of the land
in dispute if not restrained by an injunction.&nbsp;
The writ was accompanied by a statement of claim in which the respondent
pleaded its root of title and long possession of the land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The writ of summons was issued against THE
DEVELOPER but appearance was entered by a solicitor who proceeded to file a
statement of defence thereafter.&nbsp; On
6/2/2007, the defendant filed a statement of defence, traversing virtually all
allegations of facts pleaded in the statement of claim.&nbsp; Virtually all the facts pleaded in the
statement of claim were denied with a counterclaim against the respondent
herein.&nbsp; The affidavit in opposition to
the interlocutory application was equally supported by exhibits in the nature
of Land Certificate and correspondence which was relied on to resist the
application for interlocutory injunction.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The case attracted several interlocutory
applications which we do not find it necessary in determining this appeal.&nbsp; When the application for interlocutory injunction
was moved against the original defendant who was styled as THE DEVELOPER, His
Lordship Justice Abada on the 28/2/2007 granted the application.&nbsp; On the 24/5/2007, however, the second
defendant who is the appellant herein filed a motion on notice to vacate the
order of interlocutory injunction granted on the 28/02/2007.&nbsp; The application was resisted by the
respondent herein but was subsequently withdrawn.&nbsp; The respondent had on record already filed a
motion on notice for interlocutory injunction to restrain the appellant herein.
<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>The motion was moved on 24/07/2007 before the same
judge and on 26/10/2007 same was granted.&nbsp;
The appellant lodged an interlocutory appeal to the Court of Appeal on
6/11/2007.&nbsp; The Court of Appeal on the 18
/02/2010 dismissed the appeal.&nbsp; This
appeal is the second appeal in the interlocutory injunction granted by the High
Court which was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Before us, several grounds of appeal were filed by
the appellant which were all argued in detail.&nbsp;
The first ground of appeal argued, sought to attack the capacity of the
deponent to the affi</main>