YAA DUFIE vs. AKUA ADDAI AND CECILIA AMPONSAH SUBSTITUTED FOR AKOSUA KWAANGO [2019]DLCA8695

Date	2019-07-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/49/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8695

OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A.

WELBOURNE J.A.

FRANK OTOO LED BY MICHAEL OWUSU FOR PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT.

JOHN BREFO FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.

[2019]DLCA8695
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >YAA DUFIE<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>AKUA ADDAI AND CECILIA
 AMPONSAH SUBSTITUTED FOR AKOSUA KWAANGO<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;
 padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">
 CIVIL APPEAL
 NO.H1/49/2018&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;DATE: 29TH &nbsp;JULY, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>FRANK OTOO LED BY MICHAEL OWUSU FOR PLAINTIFF/
 RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
 padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">
 JOHN BREFO FOR
 DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.<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; <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="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;
 margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;
 mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
 border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;
 mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div>MARIAMA OWUSU,
J.A.<o:p></o:p>On 15th December, 2016, the
High Court, Kumasi gave judgment for the plaintiffs against the defendant.&nbsp; In his judgment the trial court Judge held
among other things as follows:<o:p></o:p>“In conclusion, the
plaintiffs have satisfied me on the balance of probabilities and I do hereby
enter judgment for the plaintiffs and grant all the declaratory reliefs sought
by them as per the endorsement on the writ of summons. <o:p></o:p>I award costs of Gh¢6,000.00
against the defendant.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied with the decision of the
High Court, the defendant appealed to the Court of Appeal 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;
That
the judgment was against the weight of the evidence.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
trial court Judge erred when he held that the plaintiffs have led sufficient
evidence in proof of their case when indeed they failed to satisfy the burden
of proof required of them as plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&n</main>