RITA ABBAN vs. JOSEPH ABBAN & 2 OTHERS [2018]DLCA5093

Date	2018-10-25
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/183/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA5093

KUSI-APPIAH J.A

HONYENUGA J.A

ADJEI J.A

MR. D. F. KORSAH-BROWN FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. MATTEW MIZAH ANYI MIAH FOR DEFENDNATS/RESPONDENTS

[2018]DLCA5093
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >RITA ABBAN<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOSEPH ABBAN &amp; 2
OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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SUIT
NO: H1/183/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;25TH OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. D.
F. KORSAH-BROWN FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. MATTEW MIZAH ANYI MIAH FOR
DEFENDNATS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>KUSI-APPIAH
J.A, HONYENUGA J.A, ADJEI J.A<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>ADJEI, J.A.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On 31st May,
2017, the High Court Accra dismissed an application filed by the Plaintiff/Applicant/Appellant
herein to appoint Receiver/Manager to manage the investment, rent and other
accruals to the subject matter of the dispute pending the final determination
of the matter before that court. The Plaintiff/Appellant dissatisfied with the
ruling applied for review under Order 42 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules,
C.I. 47. The trial High Court Judge heard the application for review and
dismissed same on 31st July, 2017. The Plaintiff aggrieved and
dissatisfied with the ruling filed an interlocutory appeal against same on 18th
August, 2018.<o:p></o:p>The Appeal contains two
main grounds of appeal and they are as follows”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
ruling is against the weight of affidavit service<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The learned Judge erred in law by wrongly exercising his
discretion in favour of the defendants/respondents/respondents”.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff did not
appeal against the ruling which refused to grant the application to appoint
Receiver/Manager of the disputed property. The ruling was delivered on 31st
May, 2017 and any appeal against it should have been filed within 21 days from
thence. The time within which to file an appeal against a ruling or judgment of
the High Court to the Court of Appeal is regulated by Rule 9 sub rule (1) of
the Court of Appeal, Rules 1997 (C.I. 19). The relevant provisions provide
thus:<o:p></o:p>“1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subject
to any other enactment governing appeals, an appeal shall not be brought after
the expiration of<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Twenty-one days in the case of an
appeal against an interlocutory decision; or <o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Three months in the case of an appeal
against a final decision unless the court below or the extends the time.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The prescribed period within which an appeal may be brought
shall be calculated from the date of the decision appealed against.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A appeal is brought when the notice of appeal is filed in
the registry of the Court below”.<o:p></o:p>From the above provision,
an interlocutory appeal shall be filed within twenty-one days from the date of
the decision appealed against and failure to file it within the prescribed time
bars the aggrieved person forever from appealing against it during the pendency
of the matter before that Court. The Courts are not seised with jurisdiction to
enlarge time within which to file an appeal in interlocutory decisions.<o:p></o:p>The Review jurisdiction of
the High Court under 42 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, C.I. 47
makes an appeal and review mutually exclusive to a party aggrieved by the
decision or ruling o</main>