NII BORLABI DZENE STOOL vs. DAVID ASANTE [2016]DLCA8611

Date	2016-11-03
Suit No.	CIVIL SUIT:NO: H1/132/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA8611

M.OWUSU (J.A.) – PRESIDING

ADUAMA OSEI (J.A.)

KWOFIE (J.A.)

MR. NASH ADJEI PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

ALHAJI FAROUK SEIDU DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2016]DLCA8611
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII BORLABI DZENE STOOL<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>DAVID ASANTE<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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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CIVIL SUIT:NO:&nbsp; H1/132/2016&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 3RD NOV, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. NASH ADJEI PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ALHAJI
FAROUK SEIDU DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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M.OWUSU
(J.A.) – PRESIDING, ADUAMA OSEI (J.A.), KWOFIE (J.A.)<o:p></o:p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
7th day of November, 2014, the High Court (Land Division) Accra, in
an application for interlocutory injunction to restrain the defendant, his
agents, etc from exercising any ownership rights over the property in dispute
pending the final determination of the suit ruled among other things as
follows:<o:p></o:p>“Again, there is
evidence before the Court that over 20 acres of land leased to Emmanuel Otis
Asiedu-Agyeman had already been leased to developers who had developed same as
per Exhibits “DA1, DA2, DA3 and DA4. These developments are almost completed
and therefore an injunction cannot be granted, since the act that the
plaintiff/applicant intends to prevent had already been done.<o:p></o:p>It must also be
stated that those who have developed their grants are not parties in this suit
and therefore cannot (sic) restrain them even if the plaintiff/applicant has
established that he or the family has an interest that ought to be protected as
held by the Supreme Court in In Re
Ashalley Botwe Lands, Adjetey Agbosu And Others Vrs. Kotey And Others
(2003-2004) SCGLR 420 where it was held by Wood JSC as follows:<o:p></o:p>I see an order directed at the beneficiaries
who were never&nbsp; parties to this action,
persons who have acquired lands from the defendants but who were, however not
heard in these proceedings, contrary to the fundamental and plain rule of
natural justice, the audi alteram partem rule.&nbsp;
The order of annulment or cancellation of their documents without notice
to them and without having given them a hearing is in my view erroneous as the
intention is to dispossess them of their properties.<o:p></o:p>Application is
therefore dismissed with cost of Gh¢1,000.00 against plaintiff/applicant.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the above decision the plaintiff/applicant mounted this appeal on the
following grounds:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:
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That
the ruling was erroneous in law and amounted to a wrongful exercise of
discretion.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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