EFFIDUASE STOOL vs. MPONUA STOOL [2018]DLCA4697

Date	2018-10-31
Suit No.	CIVIL SUIT NO.H1/70/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4697

M. OWUSU (J.A.) – PRESIDING

KWOFIE (J.A.)

GAISIE (J.A.)

[2018]DLCA4697
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>EFFIDUASE STOOL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MPONUA STOOL<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL
SUIT NO.H1/70/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 31ST OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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M.
OWUSU (J.A.) – PRESIDING, KWOFIE (J.A.), GAISIE (J.A.)<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Kumasi dated 29th
March, 2017.&nbsp; In the said decision, the
court entered judgment for the plaintiff Stool on all the reliefs endorsed on
its writ of summons.&nbsp; It also awarded
GH¢40,000.00 general damages in favour of the plaintiff against defendant and
Gh¢10,000.00 cost in favour of the plaintiff against defendant.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the trial Judge, the defendant appealed on the following
grounds:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
judgment of the court below was against the weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
weight of evidence did not support the conclusion of the court below decreeing
the reliefs sought by the plaintiff/respondent in its favour.&nbsp; The failure of the court below to properly,
dispassionately, fairly and validly evaluate the evidence before it occasioned
the defendant/appellant substantial miscarriage of justice amounting a denial
of justice.<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
judgment is very subversive of the ancient well-established constitutional
order and hierarchy of chiefs pertaining to the defendant/appellant stool.<o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
judgment is a recipe for chaos and contrary to the pristine constitutional and
customary, order long established and prevailing in Effiduase long before the
establishment of colonial rule in the Gold Coast and the annexation of Asante
by the Imperial Government of Great Britain upon the conquest of Asanteman in
1900 and indeed a veritable judicial coup d’tat in so many words.<o:p></o:p>v.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
GH¢40,00</main>