KOFI ANUM FAMILY & ANOR. vs. FALCON CREST INVESTMENT & ANOR. [2019]DLHC10292

Date	2019-11-20
Suit No.	NO. LD/0148/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10292

HER LADYSHIP ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).

PLAINTIFFS REPRESENTED BY PEACE-MAKER DJAN

DEFENDANTS REPRESENTED BY CHARLES ADOM TETTEY

OSEI TUTU BONSU HOLDING BRIEF FOR ERNEST KUSI COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS PRESENT

RALPH POKU-ADUSEI COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS ABSENT

[2019]DLHC10292
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI ANUM FAMILY &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FALCON CREST INVESTMENT &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">NO.
LD/0148/2018&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;DATE: 20TH &nbsp;NOVEMBER 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PLAINTIFFS
REPRESENTED BY PEACE-MAKER DJAN <o:p></o:p>DEFENDANTS
REPRESENTED BY CHARLES ADOM TETTEY<o:p></o:p>OSEI
TUTU BONSU HOLDING BRIEF FOR ERNEST KUSI, COUNSEL FOR THE
PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS PRESENT<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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DEFENDANTS ABSENT<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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LADYSHIP ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Motion for an order
suspending the order of the Court dated 24th May, 2019 for the
preparation of a Composite Plan by the Survey Department of the Lands
Commission pending appeal<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">RULING<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This
application is a request by the defendants for an order of the Court suspending
the Court’s earlier order dated 24th May, 2019 in which the Court
ordered the Survey Department of the Lands Commission to draw a Composite Plan
of the land in contention in the substantive case based on the site plans of
the parties herein.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The
defendants/applicants are contending that the order of the Court dated 24th
May, 2019 was made subsequent to an oral application by the Counsel for the
plaintiffs to the Court that some of the documents filed by the defendants and
also some parts of the survey instructions filed by the defendants are to be
disregarded by the Survey Department of the Lands Commission in the preparation
of the Composite Plan.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The
defendants claim that they are aggrieved by the order of the Court dated the 24th
of May, 2019 and have appealed against it. They are therefore by this present
application seeking an order of this Court suspending its earlier order of 24th
May, 2019 pending the outcome of their appeal before the Court of Appeal.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The
plaintiffs/respondents are opposed to this application and they contend that it
is only a ruse by the defendants to delay the effective determination of the
substantive suit.&nbsp; They therefore request
the Court to dismiss the application.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Court
has adverted its mind to the order dated 24th May, 2019 and it is of
the opinion that there is nothing in that order that gives undue advantage to
the plaintiffs/respondents herein. The Court did not say in that order that the
survey instructions of the defendants/applicants are to be disregarded by the
Survey Department of the Lands Commission. The only thing the Court said was
that the Composite Plan was to be drawn based on the respective site plans of
the parties herein.<o:p></o:p>