EBUSUAPAYIN KOBINA ISSAKA vs. EGYARE KOTOMPO [2018]DLCA4649

Date	2018-04-18
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/28/18
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4649

IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING)

L. L. MENSAH (J.A)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A)

CAB ADDAE ESQ. - (FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT).

K.O. AMPONSAH-DADZIE ESQ.- (FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT).

[2018]DLCA4649
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color:#00B0F0">EBUSUAPAYIN KOBINA ISSAKA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/28/18&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 18TH
APRIL, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>CAB
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>IRENE CHARITY LARBI&nbsp; (MRS) J.A.<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
These are two (2) interlocutory appeals
from the rulings of the High Court, Cape Coast which were argued together.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The first ruling was delivered on 8th
July, 2016.&nbsp; The High Court refused to
grant the Defendant/Appellant’s (Defendant)
application&nbsp; challenging the capacity of
the Plaintiff/ Respondent (Plaintiff)
to prosecute the motion for interlocutory injunction on the ground that the
family on whose behalf the Plaintiff had sued i.e. The Royal Ebiradze Family of
Abura does not exist for the Plaintiff to be the Head of Family.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The High Court in refusing the application
reasoned that from the affidavits of both parties as well as their pleadings,
the parties were strictly denying each other’s averments in their affidavits and
pleadings as to the existence of the said family and by so doing have joined
issues on the capacity of the Plaintiff.&nbsp;
The High Court further held that with only the affidavit evidence and
pleadings in hand, the court could not adequately address itself and determine
the issue of capacity without taking evidence.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n</main>