EBUSUA PANYIN KOFI ESSUON vs. CHARLES KOFI BOHAM [2014]DLSC3331

Date	2014-05-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/1/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLSC3331

ADINYIRA (MRS) J.S.C. (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS) J.S.C.

ANIN YEBOAH J.S.C.

BAFFOE-BONNIE J.S.C.

AKAMBA J.S.C.

NKRABEAH EFFAH DARTEY ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFFS//APPELLANT/ APPELLANT.

JOSEPH NICHOLAS NKRUMAH ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT.

[2014]DLSC3331
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EBUSUA PANYIN KOFI
ESSUON<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>CHARLES KOFI BOHAM<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. J4/1/2014&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 21ST
MAY, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>NKRABEAH EFFAH DARTEY ESQ.
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS//APPELLANT/ APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JOSEPH
NICHOLAS NKRUMAH ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT RESPONDENT/ 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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">ADINYIRA (MRS) J.S.C.
(PRESIDING), OWUSU (MS) J.S.C., ANIN YEBOAH J.S.C., BAFFOE-BONNIE J.S.C., AKAMBA
J.S.C. <o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

</div>ANIN YEBOAH J.S.C;
-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On the 21/05/2014, we allowed the appeal in
this case and reserved our reasons. We now proceed to give our reasons.<o:p></o:p>The
facts of this appeal appear not to be in any controversy whatsoever as the case
was not determined on the merits at the trial court.&nbsp; The facts of this appeal as by the Court of
Appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“On
the 5th of June, 1981 EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI CHARLES BOHAM, the plaintiff
therein, hereafter referred to as respondent issued out a Writ of Summons
against Opanyin Kofi Kwei and Opanyin Kweku Annan in Suit № CS.122/81 entitled<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPANYIN
KOFI CHARLES BROWN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; …..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>VRS<o:p></o:p><img width="31" height="78" src="file:///C:/Users/ADDEN/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026">1. OPNAYIN KOFI KWEI
SUBSTITUTED <o:p></o:p>BY
KOFI ESSON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; …..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp; OPANYIN KWEKU ANNAN<o:p></o:p>Kofi
Esson who was substituted by the order of the High Court, dated 23-7-85 in place
of the 1st defendant, who had died, will hereafter be referred to as
the appellant.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The original Writ of Summons, later
amended on 10-8-1992 had the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that he is the principal
Ebusuapanyin of the Buturnan Anona Ebusua of Tetter Kessim near Elmina and that
the Ebusua comprises of 8 sections and not the 2 sections represented by the
defendant only.<o:p></o:p><!--[if !supportList</main>