AHMED MUDDY ADAM vs. FRANK NUAMAH [2018]DLCA4464

Date	2018-10-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/114/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4464

AYEBI J.A - PRESIDING

ADJEI J.A

SUURBAAREH J.A

KWAKU OSEI ASARE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

BAFFOUR GYAN BONSU AHYIA ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2018]DLCA4464
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AHMED MUDDY ADAM<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF /RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FRANK NUAMAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO: H1/114/2018&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; DATE:
18TH OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWAKU OSEI ASARE ESQ. FOR THE
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BAFFOUR
GYAN BONSU AHYIA ESQ.&nbsp; FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>AYEBI
J.A - PRESIDING, ADJEI J.A, SUURBAAREH J.A<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>ADJEI, J.A.<o:p></o:p>For the purposes of this interlocutory
appeal the Plaintiff/Respondent will be referred to as Plaintiff and the Defendant/Appellant
as Defendant. The Plaintiff instituted the action which has culminated in this
appeal at the High Court, Accra claiming for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>“i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the judgment of this Court dated the 27th day of
March 2015 was procured by fraud, misrepresentation, breach of the rules of
natural justice and want of jurisdiction.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order setting aside the judgment of this Court dated 27th March,
2015 pursuant to (i) above.<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant/respondent, his agents,
servants, assigns, privies and/or any person(s) howsoever claiming through them
from entering upon or interfering with Plaintiff’s right to, ownership of and
quiet enjoyment of all&nbsp; that piece or
parcel of land situate or lying and being at Roman Ridge measuring 0.51 acre
and bounded on the North East by land measuring 250 feet more or less, South
East by a proposed road measuring 100 feet more or less, on the South West by a
lane measuring 140 feet&nbsp; more or less,
North West by land measuring 150 feet more or less”.<o:p></o:p>Upon service of the writ
and statement of claim on the Defendant, the Defendant entered conditional appearance,
filed statement of defence and subsequently filed an application to strike out
the pleadings on several grounds including; failing to disclose a cause of
action, being frivolous and vexatious and constituting an abuse of the process
of the Court. The Plaintiff opposed the application&nbsp; on inter
alia, that he&nbsp; had pleaded fraud and
the question of fraud must be gone into, the identity&nbsp; of the land in the&nbsp; previous&nbsp;
suit and the&nbsp; present one&nbsp; are not&nbsp;
the same and must be determined, and furthermore, the Plaintiff in the
earlier&nbsp; suit which&nbsp; the Defendant claims to be the same person as
Plaintiff herein is not the Defendant. The trial High Court Judge heard the
parties and on 10th July, 2017 dismissed the application. The
reasons assigned by the trial High Court Judge for the dismissal of the Defendant’s
application were that the description of the land in dispute is different from
the one being relied on by the Defendant in the previous judgment; the
identities of the parties in both suit are not the same; and, finally, the
Plaintiff pleaded fraud and gave particulars of same and any of the&nbsp; above reasons cannot be resolved without
evidence.<o:p></o:p>The Defendant dissatisfied
with the reasons offered by the trial High Court Judge to justify the dismissal
of the Defendant’s application on 20th July, 2017 filed an appeal to
this Court. The grounds of appeal contained in the notice of appeal are as
follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
learned High Court Judge, erred in law and in fact when he set down the
following&nbsp; issues for determination&nbsp; in the application and proceeded to make findings
in respect&nbsp; of the same namely:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>