ADOLPH YAO LATSE vs. RICHARD GAVOR, EMMANUEL K. AVUNOR & 3 ORS [2017]DLHC11843

Date	2017-04-12
Suit No.	SUIT NO. APL/20/14
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC11843

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE S. H. OCRAN

NII AYITEY OKINE FOR PLAINTIFF

[2017]DLHC11843
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ADOLPH
YAO LATSE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>RICHARD GAVOR, EMMANUEL K. AVUNOR &amp; 3 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>COUNSEL&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; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE S.
H. OCRAN<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>The
Defendants- appellents are by this appeal praying that the Judgment delivered
by the Magistrate of the James Town
District Court on 11th March, 2013, and the order dismissing the
application to set aside the default Judgment, be set aside by this Court and order a rehearing of the suit.<o:p></o:p>The
main ground of appeal which has been canvassed in this appeal is ground ‘a’
which is as follows:<o:p></o:p>“That the Judgment and ruling were against the weight of evidence”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;As
has rightly been stated by counsel for the appellant that where an
appellant complains that a judgment is against the weight of evidence he is
implying that there were certain pieces of evidence on the record which, if
applied in his favour, could have changed the decision in his favour, or
certain pieces of evidence have been wrongly applied against him. The onus is on such an appellant to clearly and properly demonstrate to the appellate court the lapses in the judgment
being appealed against, as held by the Supreme Court in the case of Djin vs
Musah Baako (2007-08) SCGLR 686.<o:p></o:p>But
in the case of Brown vs Quarshiegah (2003-04) SCGLR 930 the Supreme Court
explained the judgment of Osei-Hwere J. (as he then was) in Nkrumah vs. Ataa
(1972) 2GLR 13 at page 18 where the learned Judge held that the learned counsel
for the plaintiff argued under some
misconception that the substantive issue, by this appeal, has been kept alive.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;At
page 941 of the Judgment in Brown vrs Quashigah (supra) the Supreme Court,
speaking through Dr. Twum JSC, held as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Even
though the appellant gave notice in the notice of civil appeal that further
grounds of appeal would be filed upon receipt of the record in his written
submission filed on behalf of the Plaintiff, learned counsel stated that he did
not intend to add any additional or
further grounds. He reasoned that ‘the omnibus grounds serve the pu</main>