KOFORIDUA GUESTS HOTEL, YAW SARPONG BOATENG AND KOFI ODURO BOATENG vs. JOY INDUSTRIES LIMITED [2017]DLCA5175

KOFORIDUA GUESTS HOTEL, YAW SARPONG BOATENG AND KOFI ODURO BOATENG vs. JOY IND... [2017]DLCA5175

Date	2017-10-25
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/20/17
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5175

ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

SOWAH J.A.

MENSAH J.A.

KWADWO ADDEAH SAFO FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

FRANCIS POLLEY FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2017]DLCA5175
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFORIDUA GUESTS HOTEL, YAW SARPONG
BOATENG AND KOFI ODURO BOATENG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;JOY
INDUSTRIES LIMITED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KOFORIDUA]<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: H1/20/17&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
25TH OCTOBER, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWADWO
ADDEAH SAFO 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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FRANCIS
POLLEY FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING), SOWAH J.A., MENSAH J.A. <o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">SOWAH
J.A.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">This is
an interlocutory appeal against the Ruling of the Koforidua High Court dated 4th
July 2016. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">In the
Ruling being appealed, the trial court dismissed plaintiffs’ application
seeking ‘an order of interim
injunction restraining the defendant, his servants, etc from (a) developing
and/or alienating any portion of the plaintiffs’ land (b) continuing to cause
great nuisance and disturbing plaintiffs’ quiet enjoyment of its property until
the final determination of this suit.’ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Dissatisfied,
the plaintiff/appellant filed a Notice of Appeal on 11th July 2016 praying that the Ruling and orders made by the trial court be set
aside and for an order of interlocutory injunction.<o:p></o:p>The
grounds of appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><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:
 Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">The trial High Court Judge
 erred in law and in fact when in the determination of an application for
 interlocutory injunction, he held that the plaintiff/appellants have no
 title to the disputed land and yet proceeded to say that the suit should
 take its normal course.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><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:
 Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">The discretion to either
 grant or refuse an application for interlocutory injunction was not
 exercised judicially by the trial High Court.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><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:
 Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">The Ruling is against the
 weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">