JOSEPHINE NOMO, MRS MARGARET LAATE AND CHRISTIANA NOMO vs. ERIC S.T. NOMO, DANIEL KOFI NOMO AND MABEL NOMO [2019]DLCA8716

JOSEPHINE NOMO, MRS MARGARET LAATE AND CHRISTIANA NOMO vs. ERIC S.T. NOMO, DAN... [2019]DLCA8716

Date	2019-05-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ870/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8716

ADJEI J.A

ACKAH YENSU J.A

POKU-ACHEAMPONG J.A

DOUGLAS KORSAH BROWN FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/ RESPONDENTS

RANIA PIANIM FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2019]DLCA8716
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOSEPHINE NOMO, MRS MARGARET LAATE AND CHRISTIANA NOMO<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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">vs.<o:p></o:p>ERIC S.T. NOMO, DANIEL KOFI NOMO AND MABEL NOMO<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<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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 SUIT NO. GJ870/2016&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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 MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DOUGLAS KORSAH BROWN FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/ RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 RANIA PIANIM FOR THE
 DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<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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 ADJEI J.A, ACKAH YENSU
 J.A, POKU-ACHEAMPONG 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:
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 </div>ADJEI, J.A:<o:p></o:p>The
High Court, Accra by its ruling delivered on 3rd May 2017 granted an
interlocutory injunction to restrain the defendants/appellants, their privies,
and person deriving title through them from disposing of or ejecting the
plaintiffs/ respondents from the property which is the subject matter of the
suit. For ease of reference, in this appeal, the defendants/ appellants shall
be referred to as the defendants, and the plaintiffs/ respondents as
plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
brief facts of the case are that the late Nene Abui Nomo II died on 23rd
January 2013 whereupon the defendants, who are all his children, were appointed
as the administrators of his intestate estate. The plaintiffs on the other hand
claim to be the beneficiaries of the estate of the late Nene Abui Nomo II by
virtue of also being his children. The thrust of the plaintiffs’ case against
the defendants is that the defendants have failed to distribute the estate of
their late father in accordance with law. Also, the plaintiffs allege that the
defendants have sold their father’s house at Dzorwulu where the plaintiffs have
lived for several years. As a result of the sale, the plaintiffs claim to have
been served with a notice by the defendants to vacate the house. They also
state that the defendants also succeeded in ejecting all the tenants who were
in possession of some of the rooms during the lifetime of their father.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
plaintiffs, therefore, brought an action against the defendants for a
declaration that the purported sale of the properties of the late Nene Abui
Nomo II at Dzorwulu by the first Defendant is unlawful and in clear violation
of the Intestate Succession Act, 1985 (PNDCL 111). The plaintiffs further sought
from the trial High Court an order for an injunction to restrain the defendants
and their agents from disposing of or ejecting the plaintiffs from the
property, to order for accounts of their dealings with the said estate, and to
also administer the estate in accordance with law. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
plaintiffs subsequently filed an application for an interlocutory injunction to
restrain the defendant from ejectin</main>