ERIC ABRAH vs. COMFORT CHOCHOE QUANSAH AND JIBRIL YINUS [2019]DLHC8890

Date	2019-04-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0123/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8890

BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE E. K. BOSOMPEM APENKWAH J.

ERIC OSAE KORANTENG HOLDING BRIEF FOR ISRAEL ACKAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF

LESLIE ANIM HOLDING BRIEF FOR PRINCE FREDERICK NII-ASHIE NEEQUAYE FOR 1ST DEFENDANTS /APPLICANTS

[2019]DLHC8890
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ERIC ABRAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>COMFORT CHOCHOE QUANSAH AND JIBRIL YINUS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION 5), 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. LD/0123/2019&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: 4TH
APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ERIC OSAE KORANTENG HOLDING
BRIEF FOR ISRAEL ACKAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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LESLIE
ANIM HOLDING BRIEF FOR PRINCE FREDERICK NII-ASHIE NEEQUAYE FOR 1ST
DEFENDANTS /APPLICANTS <o:p></o:p>

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BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE E. K. BOSOMPEM APENKWAH J.<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Plaintiff took out of the Registry of this court a Writ of Summons against the
Defendants on the 6th day of November, 2018. This was accompanied by
a statement of claim. The Plaintiff’s claim is for a declaration of title to a
parcel of land, recovery of passion of the said parcel of land and perpetual
injunction against the Defendants from interfering with the Plaintiff’s
enjoyment of the subject land.<o:p></o:p>On
the same day the writ was issued, the Plaintiff filed a motion on Notice for an
order for interlocutory injunction to restrain the Defendants from interfering
with the subject land until the final determination of the suit.<o:p></o:p>The
writ of summons and accompanying statement of claim together with the motion on
notice for interlocutory injunction were all served on the 1st Defendant
by substituted service.<o:p></o:p>The
motion for interlocutory injunction was fixed for hearing on 11th
December, 2018. However Counsel for Defendant sent a letter to the court saying
he had entered appearance in the action on behalf of the 1st
Defendant. Based on that letter, the motion for interlocutory injunction was
adjourned to 21st December, 2018 to be heard and the Plaintiff was
ordered to serve hearing notice on the 1st Defendant. <o:p></o:p>On
the said 21st day of December, 2018, the 1st Defendant
attended court without her lawyer and told the court her lawyer had written a
letter for adjournment because he had a case before the High Court, Winneba.<o:p></o:p>The
court proceeded to hear argument from counsel for Plaintiff in respect of the
pending motion for interlocutory injunction and gave a ruling granting same.<o:p></o:p>In
the instant application, the 1st Defendant had applied to the court
through her lawyer for an order to set aside the order for interlocutory
injunction on two grounds namely:<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
his lawyer had written to the court to seek adjournment and therefore&nbsp; the court ought to have acceded to her
lawyers request and adjourned&nbsp; the
hearing of the&nbsp; motion on notice for
interlocutory&nbsp; injunction;<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
in actual fact she had filed an affidavit in opposition to the motion for
interlocutory injunction and therefore this court’s contention that no
affidavit in opposition had been filed was not correct </main>