[2017]DLHC17118 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">ERNEST EKLU MENSAH <o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">PAUL KOFI PEPRAH <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> <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: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">SUIT N0. FAL 482/14 DATE: 24<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></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;"> <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;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">FREDERICK TUMASI ESQUIRE FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <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;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">FRANCIS KWAME YEBOAH WITH FRED COCH ESQUIRE FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HER LADYSHIP MRS. ELIZABETH ANKUMAH J<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">RULING</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This is the ruling in respect of the Application for an Order for Stay of Execution of the judgment of this Court pending appeal. The said judgment is dated 21<span style="position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">st<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span></span>day of October 2016. According to the defendant/applicant he is aggrieved and dissatisfied with the said judgment<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Court<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>has<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Notice<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Appeal.<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>grounds<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>for this application<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>as contained in the affidavit in<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>support<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>filed on 30/12/16 are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">“4.<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>That<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Honourable<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>Court<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>depended<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>only<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>what<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>court considered to be fraud and based the entire judgment on this<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent: 2.1pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:1.0cm"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">That<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>court<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>did<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>consider<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>fact<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>who<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>did not possess a stamped and registered indenture was given an<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">opportunity<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>earlier<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>trial<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>between<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>parties<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>prove<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Plaintiff’s title<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>disputed<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>even<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>though<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>entered<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>appearance, Plaintiff failed to prove his title.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:21.3pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-heig