NANA OWUSU YEBOAH AND 3 OTHER vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ACCRA AND TECHIMAN MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY [2019]DLCA6347

NANA OWUSU YEBOAH AND 3 OTHER vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ACCRA AND TECHIMAN MUNICIPA... [2019]DLCA6347

Date	2019-03-26
Suit No.	CIVILAPPEAL NO. H1/19/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6347

OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A.

WELBOURNE J.A.

BOTH COUNSEL FOR THE APPELLANT AND RESPONDENT ARE ABSENT.

[2019]DLCA6347
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA OWUSU YEBOAH AND 3
OTHER<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ATTORNEY GENERAL, ACCRA
AND TECHIMAN MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVILAPPEAL
NO. H1/19/2018&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;DATE: 26TH
MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BOTH
COUNSEL FOR THE APPELLANT AND RESPONDENT ARE ABSENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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OWUSU,
J.A. (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE, J.A. AND WELBOURNE, J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A.<o:p></o:p>On
22nd day of March, 2016, the High Court, Sunyani, dismissed the
claim of the plaintiff against the 2nd defendant.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the High Court, the plaintiffs appealed to the Court of
Appeal on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
judgment was against the weight of the evidence<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
More
grounds will be filed upon the receipt of copy of the judgment.<o:p></o:p>It
is noted for the record that no additional ground of appeal was filed.<o:p></o:p>Before
dealing with the arguments advanced in support and against this appeal, I will
give a brief background of the case.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs/Appellants (hereinafter referred to as Appellants) issued this writ
against the Defendants/Respondents (herein referred to as Respondent) for:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of the sum of Gh¢50,000.00
being fair and just compensation for having compulsory seized and used the
family land at Sie Tuntum at Techiman as refuse dump for 15 years.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs<o:p></o:p>In
the statement of claim which accompanied plaintiffs’ writ of summons, the appellants
averred that, they belong to one family and they bring the action in a
representative capacity for and on behalf of the said family.&nbsp; They averred further that, their family owns
a large track of land at Kaniago, Techiman for which they have successfully
litigated their title in the courts.&nbsp; The
appellants continued that for more than fifteen (15) years, the 2nd
defendant has compulsorily seized a portion of the former’s land at Sie Tuntum where they dump refuse
continuously.&nbsp; It is the case of the appellants
that they wrote to respondent on 28th June, 2011 demanding fair and
just compensation for the compulsory seizure of their land over fifteen (15)
years but the respondent ignored the letter.<o:p></o:p>Again,
the appellants wrote to respondent on 1st August, 2011 on the above
subject but received no reaction.&nbsp; On 6th
August, 2011, the appellants per their solicitor wrote a reminder to the
respondent.&nbsp; The latter on 20th
September, 2011 replied pleading for time to study the problem and</main>