ASOMDWE HOUSE CO. LTD. vs. KYEI YAMOAH PONKOH, ANDREW OKYERE AND AMOAKO BLANKSON & 29 ORS. [2019]DLCA8674

ASOMDWE HOUSE CO. LTD. vs. KYEI YAMOAH PONKOH, ANDREW OKYERE AND AMOAKO BLANKSO... [2019]DLCA8674

Date	2019-07-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/26/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8674

OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A.

WELBOURNE J.A.

STEPHEN OPPONG FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.

STEPHEN ALEWABA FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2019]DLCA8674
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>ASOMDWE HOUSE CO. LTD.<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
 mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
 color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>KYEI YAMOAH PONKOH, ANDREW
 OKYERE AND AMOAKO BLANKSON &amp; 29 ORS.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<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.H1/26/2019&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 30TH JULY, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>STEPHEN OPPONG FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 STEPHEN ALEWABA FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
 line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
 &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
 line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
 &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p>
 </div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
 line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
 &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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 </div>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>MARIAMA OWUSU,
J.A.<o:p></o:p>On 24th June, 2016, the High
Court, Land Division, Kumasi, entered judgment in favour of the plaintiffs and
dismissed the defendant’s counterclaim.<o:p></o:p>In her judgment, the trial Judge held
among other things that;<o:p></o:p>“After the consent judgment
has been fully complied with and all the contributors are allotted shares in
the limited liability company so formed, they will be entitled to dividends to
be declared by the company until the consent judgment is complied with to the
letter, the plaintiffs and for that matter all the contributors will have a
legal right to remain on the property and operate the stores they occupy…”<o:p></o:p>Now, dissatisfied with the decision of
the High Court, the defendant appealed to this court on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
honourable trial court erred when it misconstrued pre-finance of a construction
project (stores) as amounting to ownership of the store(s)<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
honourable c</main>