KWADWO FOSU (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. NANA OSEI AKOTO VI (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT) [2019]DLCA7720

Date	2019-10-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/17/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7720

OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A.

WELBOURNE J.A.

WISDOM SMITH KWABENA FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.

SAMUEL AMOFA KODUAH FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

[2019]DLCA7720
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWADWO FOSU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA OSEI AKOTO VI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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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CIVIL
APPEAL NO.: H1/17/2019&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: 29TH OCTOBER,
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>WISDOM
SMITH KWABENA FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL
AMOFA KODUAH FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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OWUSU
J.A. (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J.A., WELBOURNE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>On 18th April, 2018, the High Court, Ashanti
Mampong dismissed plaintiff’s action for want of jurisdiction.&nbsp; In his judgment, the trial Judge held among
others as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Having
held that the present suit though a land matter cannot be divorced from a cause
or matter affecting chieftaincy, it follows naturally that, this court has no
jurisdiction to determine this suit and I so hold.&nbsp; The plaintiff’s action is therefore dismissed
for want of jurisdiction.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court, the plaintiff
appealed to the Court of Appeal on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
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That the trial Judge erred
in holding that the case is a cause or matter affecting chieftaincy.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
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That the trial Judge erred
in declining jurisdiction.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
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That the trial Judge erred
when he failed or refused to deliver a judgment on the merits of the case.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
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That the judgment is against
the weight of the evidence.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;
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