JESSIE APPIAGYEI vs. THOMAS APPIAGYEI [2015]DLCA8403

Date	2015-10-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/238/2012
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8403

ADJEI JA – PRESIDING

CECILIA H. SOWAH JA

HENRY KWOFIE JA

MRS. ABIGAIL OFORI APPIAH ESQ; FOR THE PETITIONER/APPELLANT

KWAME ADUABEN YANKYIRA ESQ; FOR THE RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA8403
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JESSIE APPIAGYEI<o:p></o:p>(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">vs.<o:p></o:p>THOMAS APPIAGYEI<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KOFORIDUA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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SUIT NO: H1/238/2012&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: 27TH OCT, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MRS. ABIGAIL OFORI APPIAH ESQ; FOR THE
PETITIONER/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWAME ADUABEN
YANKYIRA ESQ; FOR THE RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ADJEI JA – PRESIDING,
CECILIA H. SOWAH JA, HENRY KWOFIE 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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</div>ADJEI,
J.A:<o:p></o:p>The Respondent / Respondent herein (hereinafter
called the Respondent) filed a petition at the High Court, Tamale against the Petitioner
/ Appellant herein. The petitioner filed a motion to report the pendency of the
petition filed by the Respondent in Tamale for same to be transferred to
Koforidua High Court where the Petitioner herein lives and works. During the
pendency of the application for transfer of the petition filed by the
Respondent, the Petitioner filed another petition at the High Koforidua seeking
almost the same reliefs sought by the Respondent in his earlier petition.<o:p></o:p>The Respondent herein upon service of the Petitioner’s
petition on him entered conditional appearance. He subsequently filed a motion
to set aside the petition on the premise that it constituted an abuse of
judicial process. He further stated that the Petitioner filed her petition to
frustrate the effectual and complete determination of the matter filed by him
in the High Court Tamale.<o:p></o:p>The trial High Court Judge in Koforidua dismissed
the Petitioner’s petition as constituting an abuse of the process of the court.
The Petitioner’s Petition was struck out by the trial High Court on 12th
July, 2011. The Petitioner dissatisfied with the said ruling of the High Court
filed an application for review on 18th July, 2011. The Petitioner
dissatisfied with the ruling delivered in the review application appealed to
this Court on 28th February, 2012. The Notice of appeal contains
four grounds of appeal. The grounds of appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “(a) That the ruling is against the weight
of evidence.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;That the
learned trial Judge’s interpretation of the common doctrine of lis alibi
pendens and his application of it to the ruling of the motion was wrongful and
that occasioned a miscarriage of justice.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial Judge erred in law by using the
cumulative significations of orders (1) Rule 2 and 27 Rule 2 of the High Court
(Civil Procedure) Rules C.I. 47 of 2004 as the foundation to determine the
application and that error occasioned a miscarriage of Justice.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the learned</main>