THE REPUBLIC vs. MRS. VIVIAN AKU BROWN AND 9 OTHERS EXPARTE: ODWUMA LAKES FARMS AND RURAL ESTATES LTD AND 1 OTHER [2018]DLCA5236

THE REPUBLIC vs. MRS. VIVIAN AKU BROWN AND 9 OTHERS EXPARTE: ODWUMA LAKES FARMS... [2018]DLCA5236

Date	2018-02-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H3/453/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA5236

FRANCIS KORBIEH J.A. (PRESIDING)

BARBARA ACKAH-YENSU (MS) J.A

HENRY A. KWOFIE J.A.

BAFFOUR A. GYIMAH FOR THE 1ST APPLICANT

COL. KOFI DANSO (RTD) FOR THE 2ND APPLICANT

ADJEI MENSAH ALFRED FOR THE 1ST 2ND AND 4TH RESPONDENTS

THOMAS HUGHES FOR THE 10TH RESPONDENT

[2018]DLCA5236
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MRS. VIVIAN AKU BROWN AND 9 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>EXPARTE: ODWUMA LAKES FARMS AND RURAL ESTATES LTD AND 1 OTHER <o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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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SUIT NO: H3/453/2017&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: 27TH FEBRUARY,
2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>BAFFOUR
A. GYIMAH FOR THE 1ST APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>COL.
KOFI DANSO (RTD) FOR THE 2ND APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>ADJEI
MENSAH ALFRED FOR THE 1ST, 2ND, AND 4TH
RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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THOMAS
HUGHES FOR THE 10TH RESPONDENT <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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FRANCIS
KORBIEH J.A. (PRESIDING)<a name="_Hlk507577889">, BARBARA ACKAH-YENSU (MS) J.A,
HENRY A. KWOFIE&nbsp;&nbsp; J.A.<o:p></o:p></a>

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</div>HENRY KWOFIE&nbsp;&nbsp; J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is the ruling in respect of an
application by the applicants herein Odwuma Lakes Farms and Rural Estates Ltd
and Baffour Assasie-Gyimah praying for an order committing the respondents to
prison for “their contempt of the honorable Court of Appeal’s orders of
interlocutory injunction. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The 2nd applicant Baffour
Assasie-Gyimah is the Managing Director of the 1st applicant Company
Odwuma Lakes Farms and Rural Estates Ltd.&nbsp;
The 1st Respondent Mrs. Vivian Aku Brown is the Head of the
Adutso family of Osu whilst the 4th Respondent Alhaji Ibrahim Jaja was
at all material times the holder of a Power of Attorney from the 1st
Respondent and acted on behalf of the Adutso family of Osu in respect of large
tracts of the Adutso family land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The grounds upon which the application
rested are set out in various paragraphs of the affidavit in support as
follows: <o:p></o:p>“6).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On the
19th day of August 2015, the applicants sued out a writ against the
first four respondents for a number of reliefs among which were possessory
title of parcels of land based on the legal principle of adverse possession. <o:p></o:p>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It would
be recalled that an Osu family the Odartey Sro family had granted applicants
the parcel of land described in paragraphs 9 and 13 of the statement of claim
as in (Exhibit BAG 1) in 1986.<o:p></o:p>9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n</main>