NII NGLESHIE ADDY & 6 OTHERS vs. EVANS OKAI ANTEH & 5 OTHERS [2018]DLCA6193

Date	2018-11-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/195/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA6193

AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING)

AGYEI J.A.

SUURBAAREH J.A.

INUA YUSSIF FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

SOPHIA D. AMOAH FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2018]DLCA6193
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII NGLESHIE ADDY &amp;
6 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EVANS OKAI ANTEH &amp; 5
OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. H1/195/2018&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; &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: 1ST
NOVEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>INUA YUSSIF FOR
PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SOPHIA
D. AMOAH FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING),
AGYEI J.A. , SUURBAAREH J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><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:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
letter-spacing:-.3pt">SUURBAAREH, J.A.:<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:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;letter-spacing:-.3pt"> &nbsp;<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:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;letter-spacing:-.3pt">The action
giving rise to the present interlocutory appeal was filed on 2nd
March, 2006 by the first six plaintiffs against the first three
defendants.&nbsp; The other parties were
joined as a result of applications for joinder.&nbsp;
Whilst the plaintiffs/appellants would simply be called Appellants, the
defendants/respondents would be referred to as Respondents.<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:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;letter-spacing:-.3pt">Upon an
application for interlocutory injunction, the court on 21st June,
2013, per exhibit A, at pages 116 to 118 of the record of appeal, made an order
restraining both parties from going onto the land pending the final
determination of the dispute.<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:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;letter-spacing:-.3pt">On 22nd
March, 2017 upon an application filed on behalf of the 1st and 2nd
respondents seeking police assistance to enforce the interlocutory injunction
of 21st June, 2013, the court, differently constituted, on 12th
April, 2017, granted the application in the face of stiff opposition filed on
10th April, 2017.<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:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;letter-spacing:-.3pt">It is
against this order for police assistance granted on 12th April, 2017
that has culminated in the present appeal, filed on 11th May, 2017
per page 173 of the record of appeal.<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:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;letter-spacing:-.3pt">In dealing
with this appeal, it is necessary to take note of the order that was made on 12th
April, 2017 having regard to the fact that the appeal was filed on 11th
May, 2017.&nbsp; Blacks Law Dictionary with
Pronunciations, 5th edition at page 731 has the following under interlocutory:<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:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;letter-spacing:-.3pt">“Provisional;
interim; temporary; not final something intervening between the commencement
and the end of the suit which decides some point or matter, but is not a final
decision of the whole controversy.”<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:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;letter-spacing:-.3pt">At the
same page, the following appears under Interlocutory
Appeal:<o:p></o:p>