KOFI OFORI vs. W. O. JOHNSON [2018]DLHC16773

Date	2018-03-13
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/411/15/15
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC16773

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY

LAMTIIG APANGA

BERNARD AGORTEY

ALI GOMDAH ABDUL SAMAD

[2018]DLHC16773
																																						<div class="restriction-wrapper">
														<div class="container-lg">
															<div class="row">
																<div class="col-md-12 restricted-content">
																	<div class="restricted-content-img-wrapper">
																		<div class="lock-icon bounce-7">
																			<img class=""
																				src="https://www.dennislawgh.com/dl-assets/dl-images/lock-content.png"
																				alt="Subscription based content">
																		</div>
																	</div>
																	 
																		<a href="https://www.dennislawgh.com/login"
																		class="btn btn-primary btn-lg"
																		style="font-family: 'open sans'; text-transform: capitalize; border-radius: 8px"> 
																		Login to Read Full Case </a>
																	 
																	
																</div>
															</div>
														</div>
													</div>
													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI OFORI<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. FAL/411/15/15&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 13TH MARCH, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>

COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

LAMTIIG APANGA FOR PLAINTIFF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

BERNARD
AGORTEY HOLDING BRIEF OF ALI GOMDAH ABDUL SAMAD FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>

CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE
BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY <o:p></o:p>

RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>

I
begin this Ruling by quoting a passage from Luke Chapter 14 verses 28-29, of
the Holy Bible, New International Version which states;<o:p></o:p>

<h1 style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:7.4pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:
0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">“…Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate
the cost to see if he has enough
money to complete
it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish
it, everyone who sees it will ridicule
him, saying “this
fellow began to build and was not able to finish”<o:p></o:p></h1>

&nbsp;

The
Plaintiff, Kofi Ofori, brought the instant action against the Defendant, W.O
Johnson, retired, on the 10th of March 2015 for declaration of title
to land and other reliefs. After the Plaintiff had opened his case and called
his witness who was cross examined by counsel
for the Defendant, the Plaintiff brought
the instant application for leave to discontinue the action
with liberty to re-apply.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

The
said motion was brought under Order 17 Rule 2(3) of the High Court (Civil
Procedure) Rules C.I 47. In the accompanying affidavit in support of the
application, the deponent averred that he was a law clerk of counsel for the
Applicant. He further averred that in the course of the trial, certain facts had come to the attention of the Applicant, which upon a careful
review in consultation with his counsel, had caused the Applicant to
decide to discontinue the action with liberty to re-apply.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

Counsel
for the Defendant filed an affidavit in opposition to the application to
discontinue the action with lib</main>