PRECIOUS REAL ESTATE CO. LTD vs. ASAMOAH PROPERTIES CO. LTD [2017]DLCA4969

Date	2017-03-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/17/16
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA4969

HONYENUGA JA (PRESIDING)

GYAN JA

SUURBAAREH JA

KOJO ANNAN ESQ FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

FAUSTINUS KOFI KORANTENG ESQ FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2017]DLCA4969
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PRECIOUS REAL ESTATE CO. LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ASAMOAH PROPERTIES CO. LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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APPEAL NO: H1/17/16&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:
27TH MARCH, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KOJO ANNAN, ESQ, FOR THE
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HONYENUGA JA (PRESIDING), GYAN JA,
SUURBAAREH JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>SAEED
K. GYAN, JA<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal from the ruling or
decision of the High Court, Agona Swedru presided over by His Lordship, Peter
Dei Offei, J. The ruling was handed down on 5th November, 2014. The
Court, by its decision, refused the Plaintiff’s application for Interlocutory
Injunction against the defendants. Conversely, the Court made an order in
favour of the defendants by granting an order of Interlocutory Injunction
restraining the Plaintiff Company, its officers, agents, assigns and all
persons claiming their title from or through the Plaintiff “from having
anything to do with” the res litigia,
which is 31.38 acres of land, pending the final determination of the action.<o:p></o:p>The
Court, however, evinced a desire to ensure an expeditious or early trial of the
substantive action.<o:p></o:p>Being
aggrieved with and dissatisfied by the decision of the trial High Court, the
Plaintiff has mounted the instant appeal challenging the orders of the Court.<o:p></o:p>In
furtherance of the appeal, the Plaintiff filed seven (7) grounds of appeal with
the customary notification to file additional grounds upon receipt of the
record of proceedings.<o:p></o:p>The
record, however, does not show that any further or additional grounds of appeal
were filed or argued.<o:p></o:p>The
grounds of appeal contained in the notice of appeal are set out as follows:<o:p></o:p>“1) The decision is
against the weight of evidence<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The learned High Court Judge failed to
exercise his discretion judicially when he restrained the plaintiff from
dealing with or having anything to do with the land the subject matter in
dispute.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The learned High Court
Judge failed to exercise his discretion judicially when he failed to restrain
the defendants from dealing with or having anything to do with the land the
subject matter in dispute.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The learned High Court
judge erred in law when he upheld the counter application for interlocutory injunction
filed by the defendants and restrained the plaintiff from entering upon or
dealing with the 31.38 acres of land the subject matter in dispute.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">5)