EUGENIA AKWETTEH vs. KOFI BAAH AND OTHERS. [2018]DLCA4732

Date	2018-07-31
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/80/2014
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4732

C. J. HONYENUGA JA (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA

S. G.

FELIX NANA OSEI FOR RESPONDENT

ASSAD GBADEGBE WITH MOTHER TERESA BREW FOR APPELLANTS

[2018]DLCA4732
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EUGENIA AKWETTEH<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KOFI BAAH AND OTHERS.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(DEFENDANTS) <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO: H1/80/2014&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 31ST JULY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>FELIX NANA OSEI FOR
RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:
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C.
J. HONYENUGA JA (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA, S. G. SUURBAAREH JA&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;<o:p></o:p>

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</div>HONYENUGA,
JA<o:p></o:p>On the 31st
day of July 2012, the High Court, Fast Track Division, entered judgment for the
plaintiff upon his claim and dismissed the counter claim of the defendants and
the co-defendants.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Dissatisfied with
the decision of the High Court, the defendants/appellants and the 1st
and 2nd co-defendants/appellants at page 403 of the record of appeal
filed an appeal to this court based on the following grounds:-<o:p></o:p>“(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; The judgment is against the weight of
evidence adduced at the trial.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
court erred when it disregarded the fact that the plaintiff’s title to the
disputed land lapsed in 2005 at the instance of the Lands Commission.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
judge’s failure to let the parties furnish the court with the respective
addresses amounted to a grave miscarriage of justice.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Additional
ground of appeal will be filed upon receipt of copies of the judgment and
record of proceedings”.<o:p></o:p>Another notice of
appeal was filed by the appellants on page 405-406 of the record of appeal but
learned counsel for the appellants abandoned same without any reference to same
in his submissions.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>However, on the 22nd
April, 2014, the appellants filed additional grounds of appeal thus:-<o:p></o:p>“That
the learned trial judge erred when he held that the judgment tendered in evidence
by the appellants cannot be relied upon as creating estoppel per rem judicatam
whether in respect of issue, subject matter or parties against the respondent.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The
learned trial judge erred by not using an empirical means to ascertain the true
description of the land in dispute but only used the names of the land as a
description”.<o:p></o:p>Before dealing with
the written submissions as filed in support and against this appeal I will give
a brief background leading to this case.&nbsp;
The plaintiff/respondent would be simply referred to as the plaint</main>