[2017]DLHC16364 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><a name="_Hlk146980440"></a><a name="_Hlk146981432"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#00B0F0">ANDREW NII KOI DSANE AND NII JOHN AFUTU ASHIE<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">(PLAINTIFFS)</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#00B0F0">BENJAMIN AMON DSANE & 3 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">(DEFENDANTS)</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#4F81BD;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-style-textoutline-type:solid;mso-style-textoutline-fill-color:#00B0F0; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple;mso-effects-shadow-color:#6E747A;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:43.0%; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:2.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:5400000;mso-effects-shadow-align:center; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 6.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SUIT NO. L/86/96 DATE: 9<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY 2017<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">MISS. LAWRENCIA GHANSAH FOR GEORGE HEWARD MILLS FOR PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p></span></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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 6.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">MR. ALBERT ADAARE FOR INTERESTED PARTY <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:6.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ANTHONY OPPONG<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Plaintiffs obtained<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>judgment against<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>and to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>realize the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>fruits of their Judgment, they have sought to levy execution over the subject matter of that Judgment.<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>That<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>subject<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>matter<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>dispute<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>situate<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Oyibi.<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Upon<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>applying<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>writ of possession to issue, the Plaintiffs, as required by Law, served notice of the proceedings<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>occupants<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>whereupon<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>interested<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>party<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>applied<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>under<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the law for relief.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The interested party has made a case that they have been sued over the subject matter over ownership over the land and that case is currently pending before a Court of competent jurisdiction. The Plaintiff/Judgement/Creditors are not disputing the fact of<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>pendency<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>they<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>attempted<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>demonstrate<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>unlikelihood<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>of that case being successfully defended. I must say that I should not be interested in ascertaining<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>merits<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>demerits<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>since<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>within<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>jurisdiction to purport to determine that pending case in this application. Therefore for the fact of the pendency of the case, I am satisfied that the interested party has shown enough an interest<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>property<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>entitle<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>them<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt"> </span>remain<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>occupation<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>possession<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>pending the determination of the case they are defending.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">From<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>foregoing<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>will<span