ANDREW NII KOI DSANE & ORS. vs. BENJAMIN AMON DSANE & 3 ORS. [2018]DLCA6169

Date	2018-11-15
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: NO: H1/56/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA6169

GYAESAYOR J.A. (PRESIDING)

SOWAH J.A.

GAISIE J.A.

MR. S. K. AMOAH FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

MR. ALBERT ADAARE FOR INTERESTED PARTY/RESPONDENT

[2018]DLCA6169
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ANDREW NII KOI DSANE
&amp; ORS.<o:p></o:p>[PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS]<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BENJAMIN AMON DSANE
&amp; 3 ORS.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[DEFENDANTS /INTERESTED PARTY/RESPONDENT]<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: H1/56/2018&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; DATE: 15TH NOVEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

MR.
ALBERT ADAARE FOR INTERESTED PARTY/RESPONDENT&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>

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</div>SOWAH, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>Background
facts<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs/appellants issued a writ of summons against the defendants for the
following:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order setting aside the statutory
declaration of ownership of land at Oyibi purportedly made by the defendants in
respect of the plaintiffs’ ancestor Nee Okan Tsru Dsane of Teshie’s land at a
place known and called Wodormiabra near Oyibi and registered as Land Registry
No. 423/1985<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration of title<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages for trespass<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order setting aside any alienation
of the said land by defendants to any person or persons or group of persons or
organizations. <o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of possession.<o:p></o:p>The
1st and 2nd defendants' threw in the towel and announced to the court that they
no longer wished to defend the suit. The other defendants' do not appear to
have participated in the trial which followed. The plaintiffs' went ahead to
testify and based on the unchallenged evidence of the 1st plaintiff, the trial
High Court entered judgment against the defendants on 12th June 2014 on all the
reliefs claimed. <o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs served the occupiers of the land including Valley View University,
the Interested Party/Respondent herein with an Entry of Judgment and applied
for a Writ of Possession to issue. The Interested Party/Respondent [hereafter
called the respondent] opposed the application and applied for Relief. <o:p></o:p>In
a Ruling dated 9th February 2017, [at page 178-179 of the Record of Appeal] the
court refused the appellants' application for writ of possession to issue to
enable them to go into execution against Valley View. The trial judge was of
the view that the respondent was entitled to remain in occupation pending
determination of a suit over ownership of the same land which the respondent
was defending against different claimants to the knowledge of the appellants'.
That Ruling is the subject of this appeal. <o:p></o:p>The
appellants' Notice of Appeal which was filed on 4th May 2017 [see pages 180-181
of the Record] has the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The learned trial Judge erred by
failing to allow the plaintiffs/appellants to levy execution against the
interested Party/Respondent<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ruling is against the weight of the
evidence <o:p></o:p>The
appellants' are praying this court for the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order setting aside the ruling of
the High Court.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order granting the Plaintiffs/Appellants
a writ of possession against the Interested Party/Respondent in respect of the
land in dispute.<o:p></o:p>It
is trite learning that an appeal is a creature of statute and jurisdiction must
be expressly conferred. No right of appeal exists save such as is conferred by
statute. See: In re Amponsah [1960] G.L.R.140, Frimpong vs. Poku [1963] 2 GLR 1
S.C. and Nye vs. Nye [1967] G.L.R. 76 C.A. (full bench) at 83. In Nye vs. Nye,
then Chief Justice Akufo-Addo reiterated that the right of appeal and the power
of any court to hear appeals are both creatures of statute. He said: <o:p></o:p><i</main>