ROSE AMELE SAKA vs. AKUTEY AZU AND KORYOO AZU [2018]DLCA5135

Date	2018-07-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/99/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA5135

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A (PRESIDING)

DENNIS ADJEI J.A

HENRY KWOFIE J.A

GEORGE ADDO YOBO FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

GODFRED ACHEAMPONG FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

[2018]DLCA5135
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ROSE AMELE SAKA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AKUTEY AZU AND KORYOO AZU<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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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GEORGE
ADDO YOBO FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS <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>MARIAMA OWUSU J.A (PRESIDING), DENNIS
ADJEI J.A, HENRY KWOFIE J.A<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>HENRY
KWOFIE J.A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The present appeal has been launched
by the Plaintiff/Appellant against the judgment of the High Court Accra
delivered on 17th May 2016. The trial High Court in that judgment
dismissed the Plaintiff’s claims and entered judgment in favour of the
Defendants/Respondents on their counter-claim. The notice of appeal dated 21st
June, 2016 is at pages 236-237 of the record. The grounds of appeal set out in
the Notice of Appeal were:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
appeal (sic) is against the weight of evidence led.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the trial Court took a simplistic view of the evidence in respect of the
acquisition of the property and thus erred<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Court erred when it ruled that the Plaintiff/Appellant’s deceased father acquiesced
in his right when he was dead at the time of the acts complained of.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
trial Judge erred when he failed to analyse the Will that
Defendants/Respondents tendered to see whether the Testator had the capacity to
make those Wills. <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
trial Court erred when it granted the counterclaim of the
Defendants/Respondents when they had no capacity to make those counterclaims<o:p></o:p>