EDWARD MENSAH TAWIAH & ANOR. EWORMIENYO OFOLI KWASHIE. vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE TRUSTEES DANIEL OFOLI KWASHI [2015]DLCA8293

EDWARD MENSAH TAWIAH & ANOR. EWORMIENYO OFOLI KWASHIE. vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL... [2015]DLCA8293

Date	2015-03-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/422/2014
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8293

OWUSU M. (PRESIDING)

OFOE J.A.

DORDZIE J.A.

MR. PROSPER NYAHE FOR APPLICANTS

MR. PAUL DERKYI FOR 2ND RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA8293
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EDWARD
MENSAH TAWIAH &amp; ANOR. EWORMIENYO OFOLI KWASHIE. (SUBT. BY EDWARD NSIAH
AKUETTEH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/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;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE TRUSTEES DANIEL OFOLI KWASHI&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
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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;DATE: 26TH&nbsp; &nbsp;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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MR. PAUL DERKYI FOR 2ND RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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OWUSU M. (PRESIDING),
OFOE J.A., DORDZIE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</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 3-6-2013, this court differently constituted,
substituted one Edward Nsiah Akuetteh.&nbsp;
In the application to set aside the Order of Substitution referred to
supra, one of the reasons deposed to by the applicant is that:<o:p></o:p>“That the family became very much aggrieved when they got
to know that the Court of Appeal had made an Order on 3-6-2013 substituting
Ewormienyo Ofoli Kwashie in the suit pending on appeal when indeed the family
of Ewormienyo Ofoli Kwashie had not anytime, instructed any counsel or
appointed Edward Nsiah Akuetteh as having been nominated by the said family to
proceed as he had done.”<o:p></o:p>