GIFTY OFORIWA ADDO NUNGUA STOOL vs. PATRICK NUTOR [2019]DLCA8715

Date	2019-05-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/225/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8715

HONYENUGA JA (PRESIDING)

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS) JA

POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA

CHARLES BENTUM FOR 1ST PLAITNIFF/RESPONDENT

J. AMENUVOR FOR DEFENANT/APPELLANT

MAWTS DJANDU FOR 2ND PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA8715
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GIFTY OFORIWA ADDO<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(1ST PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>NUNGUA STOOL<o:p></o:p>(2ND PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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 color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>PATRICK NUTOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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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 CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/225/2018&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 16TH MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>CHARLES BENTUM FOR 1ST PLAITNIFF/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>J. AMENUVOR FOR DEFENANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 MAWTS DJANDU FOR 2ND
 PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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 &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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 HONYENUGA JA
 (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS) JA, POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA<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:
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 </div>HONYENUGA, JA<o:p></o:p>On
the 16th day of June 2017, the High Court, Land Division, Accra
entered judgment for the plaintiffs upon their claims and dismissed the
counterclaim of the defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Aggrieved
with the decision of the High Court, the defendant/appellant filed an appeal to
this Court based 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
judgment is against the weight of 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
Judge erred in law in failing to determine whether there was indeed a person
called Gifty Oforiwa Addo before the Court as the 1st plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>