MARY LARTEY AND HUBERT NII ABBEY vs. CHRISTIAN B. LARTEY & 3 ORS , ESTHER ADDO & 2 ORS [2019]DLHC16421

MARY LARTEY AND HUBERT NII ABBEY vs. CHRISTIAN B. LARTEY & 3 ORS , ESTHER ADDO... [2019]DLHC16421

Date	2019-02-11
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AL/123/2011
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC16421

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

FREEMAN SARBAH FOR PHILIP ADDISON FOR PLAINTIFFS/ RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS.

IRENE MARIA ALLOTEY-ANNAN FOR NIIBI AYIBONTE FOR DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS/ APPLICANTS.

KOBINA DARKO ASIEDU FOR THIRD PARTIES/ RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS.

[2019]DLHC16421
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MARY LARTEY AND HUBERT NII ABBEY&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/ RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>CHRISTIAN B. LARTEY &amp;
3 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS/ APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>ESTHER ADDO &amp;
2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(THIRD
PARTIES/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<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;">

SUIT NO. AL/123/2011&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:
11TH FEBRUARY 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>FREEMAN
SARBAH FOR PHILIP ADDISON FOR PLAINTIFFS/ RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>IRENE
MARIA ALLOTEY-ANNAN FOR NIIBI AYIBONTE FOR DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS/ APPLICANTS.<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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RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>Introduction<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This is an application by the
defendants/ appellants/ applicants seeking to stay execution of the judgment of
this court dated 9th November 2018. I dismissed the application on 8th
February 2019 and I deferred my reasons to today 11th February 2019.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Summary
of Applicants’ Submissions<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In a 58 paragraph affidavit in support,
the 1st defendant who is now the head of family of the J. T. Hammond
family averred, inter alia, that their appeal has a great chance of success and
that if the court had adverted its mind to the judgment of Smith J. delivered
on 21st March 1958 (attached to the affidavit in support as exhibit
5) and the last will and testament of J. A. Hammond (attached to the affidavit
in support as exhibit 6), the court would not have held that the late J. A.
Hammond held a 1/3 share in the property in dispute.&nbsp; He averred for example in paragraph 27 of the
affidavit in support as follows:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“That the truth of the matter is that
the Smith judgment did not even declare my uncle J. A. Hammond as a joint owner
of this property as my cousins wanted the court to believe.”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;He went on to make further averments
about the said judgment not having given a 1/3 share of
the property to the late J. A. Hammond.&nbsp;
He further stated at paragraph 41 of his affidavit in support as
follows:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“That based on the judgment of Smith J.
and the will of my uncle it was totally erroneous for the judgment of Justice
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