ABDULAI BRAIMAH SUBSTITUTED UNDER ORDER 6 RULE 2(3) BY ORDER OF HER HONOUR JUDGE ANGELINA HOMIA ON 23/10/2007 FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND HIS BROTHERS AND SISTER vs. ADISA GBANKULSO H/NO. H. 125, TAMALE [2015]DLCA8271

ABDULAI BRAIMAH SUBSTITUTED UNDER ORDER 6 RULE 2(3) BY ORDER OF HER HONOUR JUDGE... [2015]DLCA8271

Date	2015-03-07
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/12/2014
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8271

D. ADJEI JA (PRESIDING)

LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA

ACKAH-YENSU JA

ALHAJI MOHAMMED SHIABU FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

E. K. MUSAH FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA8271
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ABDULAI BRAIMAH SUBSTITUTED UNDER ORDER 6 RULE 2(3) BY ORDER OF
HER HONOUR JUDGE ANGELINA HOMIA ON 23/10/2007 FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND
HIS BROTHERS AND SISTER<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<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;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>ADISA GBANKULSO H/NO. H. 125,
TAMALE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
TAMALE]<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: H1/12/2014&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;DATE: 7TH MARCH, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ALHAJI MOHAMMED SHIABU FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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E. K. MUSAH FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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D. ADJEI JA
(PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA, ACKAH-YENSU JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>BARBARA
ACKAH-YENSU, JA<o:p></o:p>The original Plaintiff, Ayishetu Issah, issued a
writ of summons on her own behalf and that of her brothers and sisters, Abdulai
Braimah and Zenabu Salifu against the Defendant, Adisa Gbankulso, at the
Circuit Court sitting at Tamale in 1997. The said Ayishetu Issah however died
subsequently and was substituted by Abdulai Braimah in 2007. The
Plaintiff/Appellant (hereinafter simply referred to as “Plaintiff”) failed in
his claim for inter alia, a
declaration of title to Plot No.359 Zujung Residential Area, Nakpanzuo,
Tamale.&nbsp; In the judgment dated 5th
November, 2013, the trial court dismissed all the claims of the Plaintiff against
the Defendant/Respondent (also to be referred to as “Defendant”).&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial court,
the Plaintiff has appealed to this Court on the following grounds.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “1. &nbsp;&nbsp;The judgment is against the weight of the evidence<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The cost awarded against the Plaintiff is excessive<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
learned trial judge erred in his determination that <o:p></o:p>Plaintiff
failed to discharge the burden of proving that the exact location of his
father’s house bought from Yakubu was on plot No. 359, Zujung Residential Area,
Tamale.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That
the reception of the Regional Surveyor’s <o:p></o:p>untendered
Report into evidence by the learned trial judge occasioned a substantial
miscarriage of the Justice to the Plaintiff/Appellant”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>As rightly stated by Counsel for the Plaintiff,
ground (3) is subsumed in ground (1) and therefore I shall deal with the two
(2) grounds together under the omnibus ground: THE JUDGMENT IS AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE.<o:p></o:p>It is a well known position of the law that when a
party appeals against a judgment on the ground that the judgment is against the
weight of evidence then an opportunity is given to the appellate court to
re-examine the record of appeal to ascertain whether or not the trial court’s
decision could be supported by the evidence adduced at the trial.&nbsp; For, an appeal at whatever stage is by way of
rehearing; and every appellate court has a duty to make its own independent
examination of the record of proceedings. <o:p></o:p>In Oppong
Kofi &amp; Others vrs. Attibruku</main>