[2015]DLCA8044 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">MOKAB COMPANY GH. LTD.</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">(PLAINTIFF/ APPELLANT)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">BRAGHA CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">(DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SUIT NO: H1/117/2014 </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">DATE: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">26<sup>TH </sup></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">FEBRUARY, 2015</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">MR. K. A. NSIAH-ASARE FOR RESPONDENT<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MR. RAH-ADUSEI FOR APPELLANT<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">OWUSU M. (PRESIDING), KORBIEH J.A., DZAMEFE J.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">On 18<sup>th</sup> July, 2012, the High Court, Accra, refused the plaintiff/appellant company’s application for interlocutory injunction seeking to restrain the defendant/respondent company either by itself, privies, through its officers, workers, agents, servants, assigns, etc. from entering, using, developing, selling, assigning, allocating or dealing in any manner whatsoever with any portion or all that piece of land being the subject matter of this suit, pending the final determination of this suit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">Dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court, the plaintiff/appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal on the following ground:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">“That the ruling is against the weight of evidence adduced in support of the application and the decision is manifestly unfair against the plaintiff”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">Before dealing with the arguments advanced in support and against this appeal, I will give a brief background of this case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">By its writ of summons, the plaintiff company claimed against the defendant company the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">“a. An order for specific performance of the 17-8-2010 written agreement between the plaintiff and defendant and for the defendant to transfer the title documents to the land referred to in paragraph 1 and Schedule ‘A’ of the Agreement, from its name to B & M Company Limited and all monies and benefits received from the sale/lease of portions of the said land.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">b. Alternative to relief ‘A’ above, an Order by way of specific performance for the defendant to transfer seventy-five percent (75%) title ownership of the land, as referred to in paragraph 1 and schedule ‘A’ of the 17-8-2010 Agreement, to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">c. Damages in lieu of or in addition to specific performance, as stated in paragraph ‘A’ or ‘B’ above.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">d. Interest on all sums found due and payable to the plaintiff either pursuant to contract or pursuant to Rules 1 – 4 of Court (Award of Interest and post judgments interest) R