OGYEEDOM OBRANU KWESI ATTA VI vs. GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LTD. AND LANDS COMMISSION, CAPE COAST [2019]DLCA6348

OGYEEDOM OBRANU KWESI ATTA VI vs. GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LTD. AND LAN... [2019]DLCA6348

Date	2019-03-25
Suit No.	NO. H3/66/19
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6348

JUSTICE LAWRENCE L. MENSAH J.A. (PRESIDING)

JUSTICE ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J.A.

JUSTICE PATIENCE MILLS-TETTEH (MRS) J

JOSEPH KWOW SAM ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPLICANT

ACE ANKOMAH ESQ. FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA6348
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OGYEEDOM OBRANU KWESI ATTA VI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LTD. AND LANDS COMMISSION, CAPE
COAST<o:p></o:p>(1ST
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NO.
H3/66/19&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: 25TH MARCH,
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>JOSEPH KWOW SAM, ESQ. FOR
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ACE
ANKOMAH, ESQ. FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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JUSTICE
LAWRENCE L. MENSAH, J.A. (PRESIDING), JUSTICE ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS),
J.A. AND JUSTICE PATIENCE MILLS-TETTEH (MRS), J<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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</div>LAWRENCE L. MENSAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>On the 27th day
of February 2019, this court gave its ruling in favour of the Plaintiffs/Respondent/Applicant
(hereinafter referred to the Plaintiff) against the 1st
Defendant/Appellant/Respondent (who will be referred to as the 1st
Defendant) that the sum of money ordered by this Court to be paid by the 1st
Defendant to the Plaintiff by way of guarantee be released to the
Plaintiff.&nbsp; We now give the reasons for
the said ruling of the 27th of February 2019 aforesaid.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is necessary to put this ruling into its proper
perspective by rehearsing the facts briefly as follows:&nbsp; The Plaintiff brought an action against the
Defendants at the High Court, Agona Swedru, claiming, inter alia a sum of
money, for the 1st Defendant’s user of the land of the Plaintiff’s
family.&nbsp; On the 10th of May
2017, the Plaintiff obtained judgment against the 1st Defendant in
the sum of US$16,009,920.00. In execution of the said judgment, the Plaintiff
obtained a garnishee order nissi against the 1st Defendant to
enforce payment.&nbsp; Meanwhile the 1st
Defendant had appealed to this Court and the appeal is yet to be determined.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1st Defendant applied for stay of
execution pending appeal at the trial High Court which granted a stay of
execution on the condition that the 1st Defendant paid 50% of the
judgment sum to the Plaintiff.&nbsp; Aggrieved,
the 1st Defendant filed a repeat application to this court before
the single Judge.&nbsp; On 7th
November 2017, the single Judge granted the stay on condition that 30% of the
judgment debt be paid into court.&nbsp; The
single Judge further ordered the Plaintiff to post a guarantee in the same
amount before the money paid into court could be released to the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Still dissatisfied with the orders of the single Judge,
the 1st Defendant applied to the full Bench for a variation,
modification or reversal of the decision of the single Judge.&nbsp; The application was however refused by the
full Bench of this court on the 4th day of December 2017.&nbsp; The 1st Defendant however failed
to appeal against the 7th November 2017 order of the single Judge,
and the 4th December 2017 order of the full Bench. What is more, the
1st Defendant refused to pay the sum ordered by the single Judge and
the full Bench.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Having so failed to pay the judgment sum decreed, the
Plaintiff initiated a fresh garnishee proceedings to enforce the judgment of
the Court.&nbsp; This moved the 1st
Defendant to pay the sum decreed by this Court and served on the Plaintiff
Notice of Payment into court.&nbsp; In
obedience to this Court’s order, the Plaintiff posted a bank guarantee and
applied ex parte to the trial High Court which ordered that the amount be paid
to the Plaintiff in the sum of GH¢21,120,040.00.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1st Defendant applied to the Supreme Court
against the order of the High Court, and the apex court ruled in favour of 1st
Defendant, and ordered that the amount released to the Plaintiff be paid into Court,
on the grounds that the application filed by the Plaintiff for payment of the
money, ought to have been made on notice and not ex parte.&nbsp; In consequence thereof, the National
Investment Bank (NIB) the guarantee Bank reversed the payment and paid the
money into Agona Swedru High Court as evidenced by Exhibit “KA 6”.<o:p></o:p>