[2015]DLHC11921 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">OWUSU ACHEAMPONG & 2 ORS<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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="text-align:center"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">KOFI BEDIAKO & 3 ORS<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. BMISC/970/2014 DATE: 27</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">TH </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">OCTOBER 2015<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:286.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;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">KWAME ACHEAMPONG BOATENG AND KWASI APPIAH KORANG FOR<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">PLAINTIFF</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">S<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;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">KWAKU BOADU FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">PATIENCE-MILLS TETTEH</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">As a prelude to this case, there was an earlier suit filed in November 2011<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and instituted by the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>2<sup>nd</sup><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>and 3<sup>rd</sup><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>plaintiffs herein<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>as administrators of Mr. Anim Ayeko, it is important to note that the 1<sup>st</sup> plaintiff herein was the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant in that suit numbered FAL77/12 and the withdrawal<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>that suit<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>result<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>fact<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>property<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>issue subject matter of this suit and the suit therein, was not filed as part of the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Estate<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>late<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Anim<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Ayeko.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>2<sup>nd</sup><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>3<sup>rd</sup><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>plaintiffs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>herein<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>were therefore claiming a property which was not at the time of the first suit listed as one of the<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>properties on their Letters of Administration tendered.<span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt"> </span>When<span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>2<sup>nd</sup><span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt"> </span>3<sup>rd</sup><span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>plaintiffs<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt"> </span>herein<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>became<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>aware<span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">they</span> discontinued that suit, and the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant therein initiated this suit as<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>1<sup>st</sup><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt"> </span>plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>on the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>same<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>subject<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>matter.<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>This<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>background<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to this action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.85pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">After the initial action by the 1<sup>st</sup> plaintiff herein, a motion for<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>joinder was filed on the 20<sup>th</sup> of November 2014 for an order of joinder of the administrators<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Estate<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>late<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>M.K.<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Anim<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Ayeko.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>order<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>was granted and Samuel Ayeko Anim and Daniel Anim Ayeko were joined as 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.85pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>suit herein instituted<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>11th July<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>2014, was<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>therefore<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>amended on 24<sup>th</sup> December 2014 after grant of the order of joinder of 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> plaintiffs. The three plaintiffs then filed the following reliefs against the defendants in the suit herein;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo6; tab-stops:41.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-