NANA ANIN AGYEKUM AND NANA WAWA ANIM II vs. ADANSI ASAASI MINING CO. LTD AND PELANGIO MINES CO. LTD. [2018]DLCA5493

NANA ANIN AGYEKUM AND NANA WAWA ANIM II vs. ADANSI ASAASI MINING CO. LTD AND PEL... [2018]DLCA5493

Date	2018-02-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/83/2016
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA5493

ADUAMA OSEI JA (PRESIDING)

SENYO DZAMEFE JA

WELBOURNE (MRS.) JA

KOFI ADDO FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

OSCAR KOFI JUMAH FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS

[2018]DLCA5493
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA ANIN AGYEKUM AND NANA WAWA ANIM
II<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ADANSI ASAASI MINING CO. LTD AND
PELANGIO MINES CO. LTD.<o:p></o:p>(1ST
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT &amp; 2ND DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), KUMASI]<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. H1/83/2016&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; 26TH FEBRUARY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KOFI
ADDO FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KOFI JUMAH FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>ADUAMA
OSEI JA (PRESIDING), SENYO DZAMEFE JA, WELBOURNE (MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>ADUAMA OSEI JA:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This
is our judgment in an appeal against a decision of the Commercial Division of
the High Court, Kumasi, dated the 30th of October, 2015, in which
the High Court entered judgment against the 1st Defendant/Appellant
in favour of the Plaintiffs/Respondents for all the reliefs claimed by them except
two.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Plaintiffs/Respondents instituted the action on their own behalf and on behalf
of the Adansi Asaasi Asona Stool of Ashanti against the 1st
Defendant/Appellant and the 2nd Defendant jointly and severally, and
the reliefs claimed by them, as indorsed on their amended writ of summons, were
as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;“(a)
Recovery of the original copy of the card and the originals of all documents
relative to the 1st defendant and mentioned in paragraphs 9 and 13
of the statement of claim.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(b) A declaration that all directors of the 1st
defendant are trustees of the Adansi Asaasi Stool and its allied communities
and have been such trustees since 1974 when the 1st defendant was
registered or alleged to have been registered under the laws of Ghana.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(c) An order to remove all directors who were
appointed to their positions long after the 1st Defendant was
registered or allegedly registered in 1974, i.e. limiting the number of
directors to only the original seven (7).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(d) An order that the 1st Defendant be
re-structured and that such re-structuring, i.e. admitting new members,
appointing directors, substituting or replacing directors, etc. must be done
only in consultation with the plaintiff Stool and allied communities.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(e) An order directed at the 1st
defendant to account for payments it has received from local/foreign companies
over the years, especially in its dealings with:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Pacific
Cosmos Resources Limited of Vancouver, British Columbia, from August, 1993 to
2000.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(ii)