GREGORY AGANA AMOAH vs. STEPHANY ABOKZELE [2016]DLCA4833

Date	2016-02-29
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/06/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4833

ADJEI JA – PRESIDING

LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA

ACKAH-YENSU JA

GEORGE FUSEINI ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

ISSAH MOHAMMED ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2016]DLCA4833
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GREGORY
AGANA AMOAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>STEPHANY ABOKZELE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></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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SUIT NO: H1/06/2014&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;DATE: 29TH
FEBRUARY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GEORGE
FUSEINI ESQ.&nbsp; FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ISSAH
MOHAMMED ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
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ADJEI
JA – PRESIDING, LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA, ACKAH-YENSU JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>ADJEI,
J.A:<o:p></o:p>On 31st July, 2012, the High Court
Bolgatanga gave judgment in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent herein against
the Defendant/Appellant for all the reliefs endorsed on the Plaintiff’s writ of
summons.&nbsp; The Court dismissed the
Defendant/Appellant’s counterclaim for failing to prove it.&nbsp;&nbsp; The relief (b) endorsed on the writ of
summons was the same as relief (a) on the Defendant’s counterclaim. The
Defendant/Appellant dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial High Court
filed a Notice of Appeal against same to this Court on 28th
September, 2012.&nbsp; There was only one
ground of appeal on the notice of appeal and that was the omnibus clause,that
the judgment is against the weight of evidence on record.&nbsp; The Defendant/Appellant applied for leave to
amend his notice of Appeal and same was granted on 24th July, 2013.
On 5th August 2013 the Defendant/Appellant filed his amended Notice
of Appeal.&nbsp; One more ground of appeal was
added to the omnibus ground.&nbsp; The grounds
of appeal as contained in the amended notice of appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p>“a. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the judgment is against the weight of
the evidence.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the learned trial Judge erred in law
when he held that the substantial contribution principle is still the law
governing property rights of spouses. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PARTICULARS OF ERROR OF LAW<o:p></o:p>Article
22 (3) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana as interpreted by the Supreme Court in
Gladys Mensah v Stephen Mensah SC Civil Appeal No. JA/20/2011 dated 22/2/2012“.<o:p></o:p>In this appeal the Plaintiff/Respondent would be
referred to as the Plaintiff and the Defendant/Appellant as the Appellant.<o:p></o:p>We now proceed to discuss grounds (a) of the
appeal. The law is now trite that on appellant who appeals on the omnibus
ground of appeal that is the judgment is against the weight of evidence on
record is inviting the appellate Court to review the entire record, correct all
the errors in the judgment and finally come to the conclusion that the trial
judge did not properly evaluate the evidence on record. An appellate court when
called upon to correct the errors in a judgment based on the omnibus ground of
appeal is required to evaluate all the entire evidence on record and correct
the findings of fact which were not properly made, and, furthermore evaluate
material evidence which the trial court failed to take into consideration and
come to the right conclusion. <o:p></o:p>