EVELYN ASIEDU OFFEI vs. YAW ASAMOAH ODEHYE KWAKU GYAPONG [2018]DLSC151

Date	2018-04-25
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/64/2016
Citation No.	[2018]DLSC151

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC (PRESIDING)

DOTSE JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

AKOTO- BAMFO (MRS) JSC

APPAU JSC

KWAME BOATENG FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/APPELLANTS

ASANTE ANSONG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT

[2018]DLSC151
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ASIEDU OFFEI<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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ASAMOAH<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0">ODEHYE KWAKU GYAPONG<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

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APRIL, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p>KWAME
BOATENG FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ASANTE ANSONG FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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(PRESIDING), DOTSE JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, AKOTO- BAMFO (MRS) JSC AND APPAU JSC<o:p></o:p>

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</div>APPAU,
JSC&nbsp;:-<o:p></o:p>The
appellants herein who were the defendant and co-defendant in the trial High
Court, would be referred to simply as defendants in this judgment, while the
respondent who was the plaintiff would maintain the title; plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>The
authorities are legion that an appeal is by way of rehearing, particularly
where the appellant alleges in his notice of appeal that the decision of the
trial court was against the weight of evidence. In such a case, it is the duty
of&nbsp;the appellate court to analyse the entire record of appeal, take
into account the testimonies and all documentary evidence adduced at the trial
before arriving at its decision, so as to satisfy itself that, on a
preponderance of the probabilities, the conclusions of the trial judge are
reasonably or amply supported by the evidence on record. And it is immaterial
whether the appeal is a second one from the Court of Appeal to the Supreme
Court. &nbsp;See the cases of:&nbsp;1.&nbsp;AKUFO-ADDO v CATHELINE [1992]
1 GLR 377;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;TUAKWA v BOSOM [2001-2002] SCGLR 61;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;ARYEH
&amp; AKAKPO v AYAA IDDRISU [2010] SCGLR 891&nbsp;@ 899;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;ACKAH
v PERGAH TRANSPORT LTD &amp; Others [2010] SCGLR 728&nbsp;and 5.&nbsp;KOGLEX
LTD (No. 2) v FIELD [2000] SCGLR 175.<o:p></o:p>In
holding (3) of the&nbsp;Akufo-Addo v Catheline case&nbsp;(supra), this
Court held: -&nbsp;“Where an appellant exercised the right vested in him by
rule 8 (4) of L.I. 218, which is now rule 6 (5) of C.I. 16 and appealed against
a judgment on the general ground that; ‘the judgment was against the weight of
evidence’, the appellate court had jurisdiction to examine the totality of the
evidence before it and come to its own decision on the admitted and undisputed
facts”.