THOMAS APPIAH ANSAH AND 1,391 OTHERS (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS) vs. NANA KATAKYIRE II RAPID OIL GHANA LIMITED SYMBOIL GHANA LIMITED THE WESTERN REGIONAL LANDS COMMISSION [2012]DLCA8668

THOMAS APPIAH ANSAH AND 1,391 OTHERS (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS) vs. NANA KATAKYIRE... [2012]DLCA8668

Date	2012-01-11
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/154/2011
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA8668

MARFUL-SAU J.A. (PRESIDING)

HONYENUGA J.A.

DENNIS ADJEI J.A.

MR. ATTA AKYEA WITH HIM RALPH POKU ADUSEI FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MRS. DELA QUARSHIE TWUM FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2012]DLCA8668
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THOMAS APPIAH
ANSAH AND 1,391 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA KATAKYIRE
II<o:p></o:p>(1ST
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>RAPID OIL
GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(2ND DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>SYMBOIL GHANA
LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(3RD
DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>THE WESTERN
REGIONAL LANDS COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>(4TH
DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<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.&nbsp; HI/154/2011&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 11TH
JANUARY, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
ATTA AKYEA WITH HIM RALPH POKU ADUSEI FOR THE 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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MRS. DELA QUARSHIE TWUM FOR
THE PLAINTIFF/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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MARFUL-SAU
J.A. (PRESIDING), HONYENUGA J.A., DENNIS ADJEI J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>HONYENUGA,
J.A.<o:p></o:p>This
appeal is by the 1st defendant/appellant against the decision of the
High Court, Sekondi dated the 21st day of January, 2011.&nbsp; The said Court granted an interlocutory
injunction in favour of the plaintiffs/respondents and the defendants.&nbsp; The said order is reproduced in full as
follows:-<o:p></o:p>“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that,
the application for an order of interlocutory injunction be and same is hereby
granted conditionally.&nbsp; IT IS FURTHER
ORDERED that the DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS and their agents and privies be and are
hereby RESTRAINED from interfering with the plaintiffs’ possession of their
farmlands which are the subject-matter in dispute herein and that the 4th
defendant herein is further restrained from processing any lease document made
between the 1st defendant and the 2nd and 3rd
defendants until the final determination of this suit.<o:p></o:p>IT IS ALSO ORDERED that the
Western Regional Surveyor, Survey Department of the Lands Commission be and are
hereby appointed to map out the farms and/or farmlands actually occupied by the
respective plaintiffs herein indicating the nature and extent of the farms
and/or farmlands claimed by the plaintiffs herein and juxtapose same with the
land which the 1st defendant has leased or intends to lease for 50
years to the 2nd and 3rd defendants herein and which said
land is supposedly the subject matter of the document entitled.<o:p></o:p>PRE CONTRACT FOR THE
ACQUISITION OF LAND AT WASSA MANSO dated 23rd August 2007 between
the Chief of Wassa Manso of the one part and RAPIDOIL GHANA LIMITED on the
other part”.<o:p></o:p>In
this appeal, I shall refer to the 1st defendant/appellant as the
appellant and the plaintiffs/respondents as the respondents. <o:p></o:p>