NANA YAWS ODURO vs. MICHAEL ADUSEI & OTHERS [2012]DLHC8214

Date	2012-06-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO. C1/11/07
Citation No.	[2012]DLHC8214

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON

PAUL ADU-GYAMFI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

MICHAEL OWUSU FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPLICANT

[2012]DLHC8214
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA YAWS
ODURO<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MICHAEL ADUSEI
&amp; 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. C1/11/07&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 21ST
JUNE, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PAUL
ADU-GYAMFI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MICHAEL
OWUSU FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPLICANT<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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LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>This is a ruling
regarding an application for stay of execution of the judgment of this Court
delivered on 24th May, 2012. The application was filed by the 2nd
defendant/appellant/applicant, to be referred to simply as the 2nd
defendant for an order to stay the judgment to enable it pursue an appeal
against it at the Court of Appeal. The judgment under attack was entered in
favour of the plaintiff/respondent, to be called the plaintiff, in respect of a
parcel of land known as property No. 1 Block ‘A’ Adum Light Industrial Layout,
Kumasi. The property was bought by the plaintiff through the co-defendant who
acted as his counsel, but was resold to the 2nd defendant by the
co-defendant, under circumstances, the plaintiff claimed he was unaware of, and
did not give his consent to the sale. He therefore instituted action against
the 2nd defendant, the 1st defendant who was the original
leasehold owner of the property, and the Lands Commission to prevent it from
registering it in the name of 2nd defendant, whilst the co-defendant
was joined to the action at the instance of 2nd defendant. At the
end of the trial, judgment was entered in favour of the plaintiff in the
following terms:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(a) It is declared that the purported sale of the disputed
property by the co-defendant to the 2nd defendant was perpetuated by
fraud in as much as co-defendant had no interest to convey to the 2nd
defendant, and also as 2nd &nbsp;defendant was aware of the interest of the
plaintiff in the process of negotiations to acquire it. The purported sale is
therefore set aside.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(b) Specific performance is ordered against the 1st
defendant to transfer the disputed property, No 1 Block ‘A’ Adum Light
Industrial Layout Kumasi unto the plaintiff in accordance with the sale
agreement entered between him and the plaintiff which was brokered by the
co-defendant on behalf of plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(c) Perpetual injunction is ordered to restrain the
defendants from selling assigning, subletting, leasing, gifting or in any way
alienating the disputed property to any other person other than the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(d) Perpetual injunction is further ordered to restrain
the 3rd defendant from granting to the 1st defendant any
consent to pledge, charge, assign, underlet or part with possession of the
disputed land or any part thereof to 2nd defendant or any other
person except the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(e) 3rd defendant is further restrained from
registering or causing exhibit ‘3’ which is deposited in its Kumasi Office from
being registered.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>