POWELL ABRAHAM ASHIRIFI vs. ADEHYIE ESTATES LTD , NUUMO NMASHIE FAMILY , NII ASHONG KOJO III [2018]DLSC16438

POWELL ABRAHAM ASHIRIFI vs. ADEHYIE ESTATES LTD , NUUMO NMASHIE FAMILY , NII ASH... [2018]DLSC16438

Date	2018-12-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1115/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLSC16438

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

NASHIRU YUSSIF FOR PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT PRESENT.

JERRY JOHN KOFI ASIEDU FOR 3RD DEFENDANT/ APPLICANT PRESENT.

[2018]DLSC16438
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >POWELL ABRAHAM ASHIRIFI <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ADEHYIE ESTATES LTD <o:p></o:p>(1ST
DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>NUUMO NMASHIE FAMILY <o:p></o:p>(2ND
DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>NII ASHONG KOJO III <o:p></o:p>(3RD
DEFENDANT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

SUIT NO. LD/1115/2017&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:
19TH&nbsp;DECEMBER 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>NASHIRU
YUSSIF FOR PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT PRESENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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

</div>&nbsp;Introduction<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The original writ in this suit was
issued on 18th October 2017 and the original parties to the action
were the plaintiff and the 1st defendant, Adehyie Estates.&nbsp; The 2nd defendant, the grantors of
the 1st defendant later applied to join the action and they were
joined on 10th January 2018. One William Ashirifi Ashong who
referred to himself as the acting head of the Nii Amoah Okromansah family and
the Mankralo of Amrahia later applied to join the suit as a 3rd
defendant to defend the interest of the said family which application was
granted on 7th March 2018.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The current 3rd defendant
and the applicant herein who refers to himself as the chief of Amrahia and the
head of the Nii Amoah Okromansah family applied to join the suit as a 3rd
defendant and to disjoin the original 3rd defendant William Ashirifi
Ashong.&nbsp; The said application was not
opposed by the plaintiff and it was granted by the court on 12th
June 2018. The plaintiff was ordered by the court to amend the writ of summons
and statement of claim and serve same on the 3rd defendant which was
duly done.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In the amended writ of summons and
statement of claim filed on 25th June 2018, the plaintiff described
himself as the head of the Nii Amoah Okromansah family at La and further
referred to the 3rd defendant/ applicant as “a self-styled chief who
fraudulently paraded himself as the head of the Nii Amoah Okromansah family and
therefore trespassed on plaintiff’s family land at Amrahia, Accra.”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Summary
of 3rd defendants/ Applicant’s Submissions<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On 4th October 2018, the 3rd
defendant brought the present application pursuant to order 11 rule 18 (b) and
(d) of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules (C. I. 47) seeking to strike out
the instant suit on grounds of the plaintiff’s want of capacity, the action
being frivolous and vexatious and being an abuse of the court’s process. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the applicant’s case that he is
the chief of Amrah</main>