YAYA ADDY (3RD DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT) AND NII ODARTEY III (2ND DEFENDANT) & NII OKAI QUAYE DJANOR (1ST DEFENDANT) vs. ABBEYMAN FAMILY STOOL [2018]DLCA4875

YAYA ADDY (3RD DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT) AND NII ODARTEY III (2ND DEFENDANT) & NII O... [2018]DLCA4875

Date	2018-05-17
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/106/17
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4875

P.K. GYAESAYOR J.A (PRESIDING)

AGNES M.A. DORDZIE (MRS.) J.A

I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A

MR. D.K. SOKPOR LED BY VICTOR OCANSEY - (FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)

MR. FELIX NANA OSEI - (FOR 3RD APPELLANT).

[2018]DLCA4875
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >YAYA ADDY<o:p></o:p>(3RD
DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>AND NII ODARTEY III (2ND
DEFENDANT) &amp; NII OKAI QUAYE DJANOR (1ST DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ABBEYMAN FAMILY STOOL<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/106/17&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:
17TH MAY, 2018 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
D.K. SOKPOR, LED BY VICTOR OCANSEY - (FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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:<o:p></o:p>P.K.
GYAESAYOR J.A (PRESIDING), AGNES M.A. DORDZIE (MRS.) J.A, I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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This appeal lies from the judgment of the
High Court Accra dated the 26th day of January, 2015.<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In the High Court Accra, the
Plaintiff/Respondent (hereinafter
referred to as the Respondent) sought against the Defendants the 3rd
of whom is the only Appellant herein the reliefs endorsed in the statement of
claim at page 36C of the record as follows:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration of title to all that
piece or parcel of land described in the schedule to the endorsement to the
writ of summons.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp; Recovery of possession. <o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp; An order expunging from the records of the
Lands Commission Secretariat all statutory declarations made by the Defendants.<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp; An order of accounts of all lands belonging
to the Plaintiff’s family which the Defendants jointly or severally had
disposed of to others.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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We must place on record that whereas an
earlier statement of claim can be found at page 3 of the record, we are unable
to understand the procedure by which the Respondent herein filed another
statement of claim without an endorsement whether or not the earlier had been
amended with or without leave of the Trial Court as the rules pursuant to Order
16 of [C.I.47] may allow. &nbsp;Though it
appears from the 3rd Defendant’s statement of defence that an order
for amendment of the statement of claim was made the amendment was not so
endorsed by the Respondent.<o:p></o:p>