JESSE W.N FLAMER AND ANOTHER vs. KOFI AGYEMANG AND ANOTHER [2018]DLCA4936

Date	2018-07-26
Suit No.	APPEAL NO: H1/54/18
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4936

F.G. KORBIEH J.A. (PRESIDING)

CECILIA H. SOWAH (MRS.) J.A.

H. A. KWOFIE J.A.

C. S. SACKEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

PETER ZWENNES FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2018]DLCA4936
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JESSE W.N FLAMER AND
ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KOFI AGYEMANG AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></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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APPEAL
NO: H1/54/18&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 26TH JULY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>C. S. SACKEY FOR
THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PETER
ZWENNES FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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F.G. KORBIEH J.A. (PRESIDING),
CECILIA H. SOWAH (MRS.) J.A., H. A. KWOFIE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>F.G. KORBIEH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is
an interlocutory appeal from the ruling of the Land Division of an Accra High
Court given on the 24/6/2016 in which the trial High Court dismissed the
plaintiffs/appellants’ action to set aside a judgment allegedly obtained by
fraud by the defendants/respondents from another Accra High Court. The brief
historical antecedent of the case leading to the afore-mentioned ruling is as
follows.The plaintiffs/appellants (hereinafter referred to only as the
plaintiffs) sued the defendants/respondents (hereinafter referred to only as
the defendants) in the Land Division of an Accra High Court seeking the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
that the statutory declaration made by Ernest AmmahAnsah in 1977 describing the
OdaiNtow Family Lands at Kwabenya and Ashongman is not a true reflection of the
land adjudged in the OdaiNtow Family in the Bosompim&amp;Ors
v. Martei&amp;Ors case of 1904.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the 1977 statutory declaration made by Ernest AmmahAnteh
describing the OdaiNtow family lands as adjudged in the 1904 Bosompim Judgment
was fraudulently made.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the judgment delivered by the High Court presided over by His
Lordship Justice P. Bright Mensah dated 17th January, 2013
describing the OdaiNtow family as the owners of lands so described and captured
in the description as contained in the 1977 statutory declaration was obtained
by fraud.<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order
of the court to set aside the judgment dated 17th January, 2013
delivered by Lordship Justice P. Bright Mensah in Suit No. BL/746/5005 on
grounds of fraud.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>These reliefs
werecontained in the plaintiffs’ writ of summons. In the accompanying statement
of claim, the plaintiffs averred, amongst other things, that the 1st
plaintiff was the owner of the land described in the first schedule while the 2nd
plaintiff was the allodial owner of the land described in the second schedule
in the statement of claim. They had also averred as follows: that in 2005 the 1st
plaintiff sued the defendants and the 2nd plaintiff was subsequent
joined to the suit in Suit No. BL/746/2005; that in the said suit, the
defendants counterclaimed for declaration of ownership of the same land and
traced their root of title to the OdaiNtow fam</main>