RICHARD ADOM FRIMPONG vs. MAJOR McDORBIE [2014]DLSC3013

Date	2014-11-12
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.J8/79/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLSC3013

AKOTO BAMFO (MRS) J.S.C.

NKRABEA EFFAH DARTEY ESQ.WITH HIM AUGUSTINE ASFO- ADJEI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT.

T. N WARD BREW ESQ. WITH HIM ELIZABETH WARD BREW FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2014]DLSC3013
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >RICHARD ADOM
FRIMPONG<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MAJOR
McDORBIE<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.J8/79/2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 12TH NOVEMBER, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>NKRABEA
EFFAH DARTEY ESQ.WITH HIM AUGUSTINE ASFO- ADJEI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</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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AKOTO
BAMFO (MRS) J.S.C. SITTING AS ASINGLE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>AKOTO
BAMFO (MRS), J.S.C:-<o:p></o:p>On the 14th of
July 2014, the applicant herein filed this motion for an order ‘’to stay execution
of the Ruling of the court of Appeal’’ on the grounds stated in the supporting
affidavit.<o:p></o:p>The said affidavit sets
out in detail the events that culminated into the present application<o:p></o:p>The applicant averred that
2 suits involving him, the respondent and one other over the same subject matter,
the land in dispute, were consolidated and tried by the High Court. Judgment
went in favour of the respondent herein. The applicant appealed against the
decision to the Court of Appeal which reversed same. Upon an appeal filed by
the respondent, the Supreme Court, on 30th January 2013 pronounced
on the matter, set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal and restored the
decision of the High Court.<o:p></o:p>Thereafter the applicant
made a discovery that the High Court judgment was obtained by fraud and
therefore commenced a fresh action in the High Court for these declaratory
reliefs namely;<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the judgment of the High Court confirmed by the Supreme Court
was obtained through a&nbsp; fraudulent
document and therefore is null and void<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the title of the plaintiff to the land is good and valid as it
came genuinely from the Lands Commission.<o:p></o:p>During the pendency of the
application for Directions, the defendant applied to the court for an order dismissing
the suit on these 2 grounds: an abuse of the court’s processes and estoppel.<o:p></o:p>