LESLIE GROPONE vs. MICHAEL NII OKPOTI KODIA [2019]DLHC10298

Date	2019-12-18
Suit No.	SUIT № LD/0019/2020
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10298

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).

MR. ERNEST DELA AKATEY

COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT PRESENT

[2019]DLHC10298
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GROPONE<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
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OKPOTI KODIA<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">SUIT № LD/0019/2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
18TH DECEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<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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ERNEST DELA AKATEY, COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<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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JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;RULING
ON MOTION ON NOTICE FOR INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff/applicant per this application is requesting the Court for an order
of interlocutory injunction against the defendant/respondent.&nbsp; The plaintiff says the defendant has
trespassed unto his land and has begun the construction of a house on his land.
The plaintiff claims he bought the said land from one Fred Agyiri Quashie in
the year 2005.<o:p></o:p>The
defendant/respondent on his part says the land claimed by the plaintiff is part
of a larger plot of land which is being claimed by his father one Nii Okpoti
Mensah Kodia, who has instituted an action to the High Court against the
grantors of the plaintiff herein. The defendant says the High Court has already
given an order of interlocutory injunction in the said case between Nii Okpoti
Mensah Kodia and the plaintiff's grantor and that the said order also affects
the land being claimed by the plaintiff. <o:p></o:p>The defendant
says that once there is in existence an order of injunction in respect of the
same land, the present application for another interlocutory injunction will be
an abuse of the processes of the Court.<o:p></o:p>I have
considered the affidavits of both parties and their respective exhibits plus
the submission of both counsel and I am of the opinion that since the said
order of interlocutory injunction affects only the grantors of the plaintiff
herein, there is nothing wrong with injuncting the defendant/respondent herein also
so that both parties are restrained from dealing with the land the subject
matter of the substantive suit pending the determination of the suit on its
merits.<o:p></o:p>In the
circumstances I grant the application for an order of interlocutory injunction
and I order that both parties herein be restrained from dealing with the land
the subject matter of this present suit pending the determination of the suit
on its merits.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(SGD)<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE
ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;