DR. KWADWO DARKO vs. ERIC JOHNSON SAMUEL ADDO OSEI [2015]DLCA8035

Date	2015-12-17
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/37/2015
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8035

MARFUL-SAU JA (PRESIDING)

AGNES DORDZIE JA

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO JA

ALBERT ADAARE FOR THE DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS

SAMUEL QUANSAH- ANSAH FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA8035
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DR. KWADWO DARKO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF
/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>ERIC JOHNSON<o:p></o:p>(1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>SAMUEL ADDO
OSEI<o:p></o:p>(2ND DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT)<o:p></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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CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/37/2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 17TH DECEMBER, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ALBERT ADAARE FOR THE DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL QUANSAH- ANSAH
FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

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MARFUL-SAU JA
(PRESIDING), AGNES DORDZIE JA, GERTRUDE TORKORNOO JA<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>MARFUL-SAU,
JA: <o:p></o:p>On
the 3rd of May 2007, the property known as No.176/14, Dzorwulu,
Accra was sold at an auction pursuant to a judgment entered against the 2nd
defendant/ appellant herein, by the District Court, Osu, Accra; in the case
titled Mark Atiamo v. Samuel Addo Osei in Suit No A2/12/05. The said property
was purchased by the plaintiff/ respondent herein who paid the consideration of
₵910, 000,000.00 (GH₵
91,000.00) and as a result a Certificate of Purchase was issued to him by the
court. However, on the 8th of August 2007, the 2nd
defendant/appellant managed to set aside the auction sale of his house. The order
setting aside the auction sale was subsequently vacated by the same District
court, Osu, differently constituted on the 17th September 2007. The
2nd defendant /appellant appealed against the order vacating the
earlier order setting aside the sale and obtained an order of stay of execution
pending the appeal to the High Court. From the record it seems the 2nd
defendant/appellant after the appeal issued a fresh writ of summons in the High
Court, against the plaintiff/respondent herein and the Auctioneer who conducted
the sale, this writ was however abandoned by the 2nd
defendant/appellant.<o:p></o:p>Now,
having filed the appeal in the High Court and obtained an order of stay of
execution in the District Court, the 2nd defendant/appellant
negotiated and sold the house the subject of the appeal to the 1st
defendant/ appellant. The record of appeal reveals that before the plaintiff/
respondent could take absolute possession of the property in dispute the 1st
defendant/appellant moved unto the property demolished it and constructed a new
structure on the land. The plaintiff/ respondent, who had purchased the same
property at the auction then took out this writ of summons at the High Court
against the 1st and 2nd defendants/appellants for the
reliefs below among others:-<o:p></o:p>a)declaration
of title to the disputed property and recovery of possession;<o:p></o:p>b) perpetual
injunction restraining the 1st defendant from developing the
disputed property;<o:p></o:p>c) and
various specified damages.<o:p></o:p>The
1st defendant/appellant in his defence counterclaimed for the
following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p>i)declaration
that the 1st defendant is the bona fide purchaser of the disputed
property for value without notice of any prior encumbrance;<o:p></o:p>ii) declaration
of title of the disputed property, and<o:p></o:p>iii)
damages, general and special.<o:p></o:p>The
case proceeded to trial at the High Court and on 28th October, 2013
the trial High Court entered judgment for the plaintiff/ respondent and
dismissed the counterclaim of the 1st defendant/ appellant. The 1st
defendant/ appellant dissatisfied with the decision of the trial court l</main>