EDWARD MENSAH TAWIAH & ANOR. AND EWORMIENYO OFOLI KWASHIE vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE TRUSTEES AND DANIEL OFOLI KWASHI [2015]DLCA4656

EDWARD MENSAH TAWIAH & ANOR. AND EWORMIENYO OFOLI KWASHIE vs. THE ATTORNEY GENER... [2015]DLCA4656

Date	2015-03-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO.H1/422/2014
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA4656

OWUSU M. (PRESIDING)

OFOE J.A.

DORDZIE J.A

MR. PROSPER NYAHE FOR APPLICANTS

MR. PAUL DERKYI FOR 2ND RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA4656
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EDWARD MENSAH TAWIAH
&amp; ANOR. AND EWORMIENYO OFOLI KWASHIE (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE TRUSTEES AND DANIEL OFOLI KWASHI (DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<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.H1/422/2014&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;&nbsp;
DATE: 26TH MARCH, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. PROSPER NYAHE FOR APPLICANTS<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:
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OWUSU M. (PRESIDING), OFOE &nbsp;J.A., DORDZIE J.A.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>

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RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>At
the court’s sitting on the 24th of February, 2015 and in the course
of moving an application to set aside the Order of Substitution granted by this
court differently constituted, counsel for the 2nd
defendant/appellant/respondent raised a preliminary legal objection to the
application to set aside the Order of Substitution.<o:p></o:p>The
ground for the objection was that, the applicant who is seeking to invoke the
court’s jurisdiction to set aside the Order of Substitution dated 3-6-2013 is
not a party to this suit.&nbsp; That is, he is
a total stranger.&nbsp; Not being a party to
the suit, he cannot ask this court to set aside any Order made by this
court.&nbsp; This is trite law according to
counsel for the 2nd defendant/appellant/respondent.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>He
continued that, if the applicant wants, he may apply to join the suit and if
the court grants him that permission to join, then he can raise any issue he
desires.&nbsp; Counsel referred us to Rule 30
of the Court of Appeal Rules 1997 (As amended) C. I. 19.&nbsp; Based on the foregoing, counsel for the 2nd
defendant/appellant/respondent submitted the application before this court
seeking to set aside the Order of Substitution is incompetent and same ought to
be refused.<o:p></o:p>In
response to the legal objection raised, counsel for the applicant submitted
that, the applicant has the requisite capacity to apply to set aside the Order
of Substitution.&nbsp; This is because, the
person who was substituted is not a member of the family and therefore on the
authority of Adjetey Agbosu [2003-2004] SCGLR, where a family’s interest is
threatened, any member of the family can bring an action to remedy the
situation.&nbsp; Consequently, counsel submitted,
the Order made substituting the 2nd plaintiff/respondent/respondent
is wrong as he is not a member of the family.<o:p></o:p>Counsel
cited the case of Mosi vrs. Bagyina and submitted that, where an Order made by a
court is wrong, it can be set aside.&nbsp;
Secondly, at the time the Order of Substitution was made, this court was
not seized with jurisdiction as the record of appeal has been remitted to the
High Court for rectification.&nbsp; Counsel
also referred this court to Order 42 Rule 2 of C. I. 47 on
review. He therefore invited us to overrule the preliminary legal objection as
same has no basis.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs/respondents in this case sued in a representative capacity as
representing Ataa Tawia Tsinaiatse and Numo Ofori Kwashie families.&nbsp; The 2nd plaintiff/respondent died
and needed to be substituted before the action could continue.<o:p></o:p>On
3-</main>