KUMASI METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY vs. PETER OSEI ASSIBEY AND KWAKU ASARE [2018]DLCA5180

Date	2018-02-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/66/2012
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA5180

ADUAMA OSEI JA (PRESIDING)

SENYO DZAMEFE JA

WELBOURNE (MRS.) JA

PATRICK ADU POKU FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.

KWAME BOAFO FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.

[2018]DLCA5180
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KUMASI METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PETER OSEI ASSIBEY AND
KWAKU ASARE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<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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CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/66/2012&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: 27TH FEBRUARY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PATRICK ADU POKU FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWAME BOAFO FOR 2ND
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ADUAMA OSEI JA
(PRESIDING), SENYO DZAMEFE JA, WELBOURNE (MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>ADUAMA OSEI<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against a ruling given by the Land Division of the High Court,
Kumasi in an application for interlocutory injunction in which the High Court
restrained the Defendants/Appellants, their servants, agents, assigns and all
persons representing them, from “renaming,
opening, purporting to and or operating from the site known as Adehyeman
Gardens for public, social function, recreational and or human activity without
the written consent involvement and or approval” of the
Plaintiff/Respondent. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
reliefs sought in the action in which the application was made are as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“a. A declaration that land formerly known as
Kejetia Play Ground but now known and described as Adehyeman Gardens is a
public property under the control of the Plaintiff and consequently no change
of name , business operation, social function, recreational and human activity
can take place without the consent, involvement and or approval of Kumasi
Metropolitan Assembly.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“b. A declaration that the conditions contained in
the Terms of Settlement which resulted into the Consent Judgment dated the 17th
day of May 2006 are binding on the parties herein and that no party can purport
to implement the judgment exclusive of the other interested parties and or in
the alternative:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A declaration that the 1st Defendant
perpetrated fraud and or misrepresentation on the Plaintiff Assembly by
agreeing to, preparing and signing the Terms of Reference which resulted in the
Consent Judgment but reneging on same and consequently that same be set aside
and declared null and void.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“c. A declaration that the clandestine attempts
made by the 1st and 2nd Defendants to acquire the site
known as Kejetia Play Ground also known as Adehyeman Gardens in their
respective company names without the knowledge, approval and consent of the
Plaintiff amounted to fraud and misrepresentation.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“d. A declaration that valuation of the land,
rendering of account of the stewardship of the Defendants in operating the
Adehyeman Gardens, the formation of a new Joint Ventrure and others contained
in the Consent Judgment are conditions precedent for the parties’ future
dealings with the site.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“e. An order abrogating the existing understanding
and or co</main>