ALHAJI MAMUDU SALLEY & ANOR. VS. RASHAD PEREGRINO BRIMAH, HAJIA LAOLA, ALHAJI WAHABI G. PEREGRINO BRIMAH , MUSTAPHA I. PEREGRINO BRIMAH, HAJIA B. AMIDA PEREGRINO AND RASHID BRIMAH [2016]DLCA7971

ALHAJI MAMUDU SALLEY & ANOR. VS. RASHAD PEREGRINO BRIMAH, HAJIA LAOLA, ALHAJI W... [2016]DLCA7971

Date	2016-04-14
Suit No.	CIVIL SUIT: NO: H1/27/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA7971

M.OWUSU (J.A.) - Presiding

KORBIEH (J.A.)

WELBOURNE (J.A.)

SAMIRATU SEIDU FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

FRANK ADEEKU FOR 1ST TO 5TH DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2016]DLCA7971
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ALHAJI MAMUDU SALLEY &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>VS.<o:p></o:p>RASHAD PEREGRINO BRIMAH, HAJIA LAOLA, ALHAJI WAHABI
G. PEREGRINO BRIMAH (DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS), MUSTAPHA I. PEREGRINO BRIMAH, HAJIA B. AMIDA
PEREGRINO AND RASHID BRIMAH<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL SUIT: NO:&nbsp; H1/27/2016&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;DATE: 14TH
APRIL, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SAMIRATU
SEIDU FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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FRANK ADEEKU FOR 1ST TO 5TH
DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>M.OWUSU (J.A.) - Presiding, KORBIEH (J.A.),
WELBOURNE (J.A.)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
the 29th day of January, 2015, the High Court, Accra dismissed the
plaintiffs’ claims.&nbsp; The 6th
defendant’s counterclaim was also dismissed.&nbsp;
Cost of GH¢10,000.00 was awarded against the plaintiffs in favour of the 1st
to 5th defendants.&nbsp; No cost
was awarded against the 6th defendant.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied with
the decision of the High Court, the plaintiffs appealed to the court of Appeal
on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the judgment is against the weight of the
evidence on record.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the learned trial Judge erred in holding
that the plaintiffs failed to prove their claim of ownership of the land in
dispute and further erred in holding that the land did not belong to Amidu
Butcher.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the learned trial Judge erred in holding
that the plaintiffs were caught by laches and acquiescence.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Further grounds
of appeal would be filed upon receipt of the record of appeal.<o:p></o:p>Before dealing
with the arguments canvassed in support and against this appeal, I will like to
recount the brief case</main>