KWAMINA SIISI vs. PROPHET J. K. BOATENG AND JOHN KWESI WILSON [2014]DLSC2953

Date	2014-05-07
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/27/2011
Citation No.	[2014]DLSC2953

ATUGUBA J.S.C. (PRESIDING)

ANSAH J.S.C.

ADINYIRA (MRS) J.S.C.

OWUSU (MS) J.S.C.

AKAMBA J.S.C.

MICHAEL ARTHUR-DADZIE ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF /RESPONDENT /APPELLANT.

PHILIP NKRUMAH ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/RESPONDENTS.

[2014]DLSC2953
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWAMINA
SIISI<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PROPHET J. K. BOATENG AND
JOHN KWESI WILSON<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p>[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. J4/27/2011&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;DATE: 7TH MAY, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MICHAEL ARTHUR-DADZIE ESQ.
FOR THE PLAINTIFF /RESPONDENT /APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PHILIP
NKRUMAH ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/RESPONDENTS.<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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ATUGUBA
J.S.C. (PRESIDING), ANSAH J.S.C., ADINYIRA (MRS) J.S.C., OWUSU (MS) J.S.C., AKAMBA
J.S.C. <o:p></o:p>

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

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>ATUGUBA J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>The facts of
this case are in a small compass.&nbsp; It is
unnecessary to go over the history of this action in its entirety.&nbsp; The only matter for the decision of this
court is the appeal before it.&nbsp; The
appeal is against the allowance of the co-defendant’s counterclaim by the court
of Appeal, thereby reversing its dismissal by the trial High Court.<o:p></o:p>The co-defendant
John Kwesi Wilson had counterclaimed as stated at p.289 of the record of appeal
as follows:<o:p></o:p>“a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the Co-defendant is the head of the Pitsir Kwaata Anona family
of Upper Inchaban.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
Injunction restraining the Plaintiff from acting or holding himself out as the
head of the Pitsir Kwaata Anona family of Upper Inchaben.<o:p></o:p>The grounds of
appeal as per the notice of appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the judgement is against the weight
of evidence.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the Learned Justices of the Court
of Appeal erred by holding that the Co-Defendant was the Head of the Pitsir
Kwaata Anona Family of Inchaban when as matter of fact the said John Kwesi
Wilson was substituted for Kofi Mensah (deceased) for the conduct of the cause
or matter.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Learned Justices of the Court of
Appeal erred by holding that the Defendant and Co-Defendant’s family never
seceded from the Plaintiff’s Family in the light of overwhelming evidence that
the Plaintiff’s family and the Defendant and Co-Defendant’s family stopped
doing things in common as required of ‘Family’ as a united entity.<o:p></o:p>d) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the Learned Justices of the Court of
Appeal erred by failing to appreciate the legal effects of Exhibits “KS1” and
“KS2” being decisions of a Superior Court as against Exhibit “1” a decision of
a Lower Court.<o:p></o:p>e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the learned Justices of the Court
of Appeal erred by holding that Kofi Mensah’s successor the Co-defendant was
and still remains the head of the Pitsir Kwaata Anona Family.<o:p></o:p>f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the Court of Appeal erred by
ignoring the overwhelming evidence to the fact that the Co-Defendant seceded
from the said Pitsir Kwaata Anoma family.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Further
grounds of Appeal may be filed.”<o:p></o:p>It must be
emphasised that though the appellant’s submissions also touch and concern the
grant of part of the Pitsir Kwaata family land to the Defendant,the only issue
this court can competently deal with is the co-defendant’s counterclaim aforesaid
since the appeal before this court stems from the allowance of the
co-defendant’s appeal to the Court of Appeal which was based solely on the
dismissal of the said co-defendant’s counterclaim by the trial judge, </main>