NII TETTEH OPREMREH II & ANOR. vs . KOMEXA LTD. & 4 OTHERS [2019]DLCA6930

Date	2019-06-12
Suit No.	APPEAL NO.HI/68/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6930

V.D. OFOE J.A (PRESIDING)

B.F. ACKAH-YENSU J.A

I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A

MR. OFORI ADUENI ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS LED BY MR. JAMES AHENKORAH ESQ.

CARLIS APPIAH BRAKO ESQ. FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

KWAME FOSU GYEABOUR ESQ. FOR 4TH AND 5TH DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

BERNARD AHIAFO ESQ. FOR 1ST AND 3RD FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2019]DLCA6930
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII TETTEH OPREMREH II &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/
APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs .<o:p></o:p>KOMEXA LTD. &amp; 4 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">APPEAL NO.HI/68/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:&nbsp;&nbsp;
12TH JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
OFORI ADUENI ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS LED BY <o:p></o:p>MR.
JAMES AHENKORAH ESQ.<o:p></o:p>CARLIS
APPIAH BRAKO ESQ. FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>KWAME
FOSU GYEABOUR ESQ. FOR 4TH AND 5TH
DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BERNARD AHIAFO ESQ. FOR 1ST
AND 3RD FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>V.D.
OFOE J.A (PRESIDING), B.F. ACKAH-YENSU J.A, I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>TANKO
AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This appeal is from the judgment of the
High Court (Land Division) Accra
dated the 22nd day of February 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp; Before I proceed however, it is important to
place on record that the instant appeal is with respect to the appeal filed by
the Plaintiffs/Appellants per their notice filed on 16/5/2017 at pages 630 to
633 of Vol.2 of the record of appeal and not the notice filed by the 2nd
Defendant/Appellant on 12/4/2017 from the same judgment on pages 627 to 628 of
Vol. 3 of the record of appeal.&nbsp;
Secondly, I need to place on record that at the hearing of the instant
appeal, when our attention was drawn to the pendency of the appeal filed by the
2nd Defendant/Appellant, we requested all counsel in the instant
appeal to address us on the necessity of bringing the two (2) appeals to the
attention of the Chief Justice to enable a directive to be made for the two (2)
appeals to be consolidated in order to avoid the possibility of different
panels of this court delivering judgments arising from the same record but with
inconsistent outcomes. We proceeded to deal with this appeal based on the
assurances of all counsel that the issues arising for determination in the 2nd
Defendant/Appellant’s appeal in the notice filed on 12/4/2017, are issues
limited to accounts and payment of compensation which are radically different
from the issues arising from the grounds set forth in the instant appeal.<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In the High Court (Land Division) Accra, the Plaintiffs/ Appellants (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘Appellants’)
commenced action by writ issued on 9/9/2009 against only the 1st
Defendant on record.&nbsp; However, by various
processes of joinder granted by the Trial Court which resulted in several
amendments to the Appellants’ original writ, the trial was eventually
determined on the basis of the Appellants’ amended writ and statement of claim
against five (5) Defendants as endorsed in the judgment of the Trial Court on
appeal.&nbsp; The Respondents in this appeal
are the 2nd, 4th and 5th Defendants
hereinafter referred to simply as 2nd, 4th and 5th
Respondents.<o:p></o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By the last amendment of parties and
reliefs sought from the Trial Court on 10/3/2015, the two (2) Appellants&nbsp; herein who are the Chief of Shiashie and Head
of Apiantse We of Lenshie Quarter of La, Accra respectively acting for and on
behalf of the Apiantse jointly and severally claimed against the Defendants/
Respondents (herein) as follows:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; “(a) As against the 1st, 2nd
and 3rd Defendants jointly and severally,<o:p></o:p>