OBAAPANYIN ADJOA NYARKOA vs. KWABENA DARKO AND 3 OTHERS [2017]DLCA5280

Date	2017-07-12
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: NO: H1/24/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5280

ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

SOWAH J.A.

MENSAH J.A.

STEPHEN OKPOTI MENSAH FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

NO REPRESENTATION FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2017]DLCA5280
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OBAAPANYIN ADJOA NYARKOA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWABENA DARKO AND 3
OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></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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JULY, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>STEPHEN OKPOTI MENSAH FOR 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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</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ADJEI
J.A. (PRESIDING), SOWAH J.A., MENSAH J.A. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>SOWAH, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal from the
judgment of the Circuit Court, Nsawam, dated 11th May 2015. By that
judgment, the trial Circuit Court dismissed the case of the Plaintiff/Appellant
on the grounds that she lacked the capacity required to bring an action for
declaration of title to, and recovery of possession of the “family land” which
was the subject of the Suit.<o:p></o:p>The notice of appeal which
is dated 1st June 2015 has the following grounds of appeal:<o:p></o:p><span style="mso-bidi-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;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The judgment is against the weight of
the evidence;<o:p></o:p><span style="mso-bidi-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;
The
trial judge erred in not considering the case of the Plaintiff at all;<o:p></o:p><span style="mso-bidi-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;
Additional
grounds of appeal will be filed upon receipt of the record of proceedings.<o:p></o:p>It is also noted for the
record that no other grounds of appeal were filed as had been intimated in the
Notice of appeal. <o:p></o:p>Also, on the 6th
January 2017, the appellant filed written submissions [wrongly titled ‘Statement
of Case’] arguing the two grounds of appeal. However, the record does not show
that the defendants/respondents filed their written submissions in answer. Be
that as it may, I proceed to consider the merits of the grounds of appeal.<o:p></o:p>It is trite that an appeal is by way of re-hearing particularly where the appellant alleges in his
notice of appeal that the decision of the trial court is against the weight of
the evidence. It is then the duty of the appellate court to analyze the entire
record of appeal to satisfy itself whether or not on a preponderance of the
probabilities, the evidence reasonably or amply supports the conclusions of the
trial judge. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>