JOSHUA ATTOH QUARSHIE vs. NII KOJO DANSO THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, LANDS COMMISSION AND 2 OTHERS [2016]DLCA5370

JOSHUA ATTOH QUARSHIE vs. NII KOJO DANSO THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, LANDS COMMIS... [2016]DLCA5370

Date	2016-07-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H/11/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5370

KUSI-APPIAH JA (PRESIDING)

LARBI (MRS) JA

AGYEMANG (MRS.) JA

MR. ASAMOAH AMOAKO WITH ALEXANDER ADJEI FOR THE APPLICANT/ APPELLANT.

KWEKU PAINTSIL FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2016]DLCA5370
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOSHUA ATTOH QUARSHIE<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NII KOJO DANSO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, LANDS COMMISSION AND 2 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), ACCRA]<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.H/11/2016&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: 21ST JULY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
ASAMOAH AMOAKO WITH ALEXANDER ADJEI FOR THE APPLICANT/ APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</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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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>AGYEMANG, JA:<o:p></o:p>In this interlocutory appeal, the appellant seeks a
reversal of the ruling of the Land Court, Accra, delivered on the 10th of March
2015.<o:p></o:p>The matters that have given rise to the appeal are
as follows:<o:p></o:p>On the 13thof April 2005, the High Court
gave judgment for Nii Kojo Danso I, who sued as representative of the Ajumanku Dawurampong
Royal family and Clan of Nii Kofi Akrashie We of Ngleshie Alata, James Town,
Accra (hereafter referred to alternately as “the family”). The judgment was
against the defendants/respondents herein, and it was for the payment of the
sum of GHC 57,433,900 being part-payment
of compensation under EI 27, S.1 (1) of the State Lands Act (Act 125) as
amended, for the compulsory acquisition by the Ghana Government, of Dansoman
Lands.<o:p></o:p>It is uncontroverted that in the lifetime of the
original plaintiff Nii Kojo Danso I, the appellant (head of Otukunor We (one of
the Divisions of the family),was authorised by the family acting by its
principal members, to represent it in court. After judgment was entered, the
appellant went into execution and secured the payment of GHc100,000 for the family.
<o:p></o:p>The original plaintiff (Nii Kojo Danso I) died on 4th
September 2009. One Alhaji Issah Oblitey was, on his own application, substituted
for the plaintiff without the knowledge of the appellant. When it came to his
notice, the appellant, having been so authorised by the family, applied to have
the said substitution set aside. Prior to this application, an application had
been brought before the same court by one Nii Kojo Danso II, son and customary
successor of the original plaintiff, for substitution in place of the original
plaintiff. <o:p></o:p>While the two applications were pending, the
application for substitution by Nii Kojo Danso II was granted by the court.<o:p></o:p>The appellant whose application to set aside Alhaji
Issah Oblitey’s substitution was overtaken by the said event, then applied to
be substituted for the original plaintiff in place of Nii Kojo Danso II. The
application was dismissed by the learned trial judge on the ground that it was
an application for </main>