MRS. NOAMI WOOD vs. REGINA MENSAH [2019]DLHC8926

Date	2019-04-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: FAL/918/2012
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8926

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

A. G. BOADU FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT

EDEM NUHOHO HOLDING BRIEF OF IRIS AGGREY ORLEANS FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLHC8926
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS. NOAMI WOOD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>REGINA MENSAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPLICANT)<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.: FAL/918/2012&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
2ND APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>A.
G. BOADU FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EDEM
NUHOHO HOLDING BRIEF OF IRIS AGGREY ORLEANS FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT&nbsp; <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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE E. K. BOSOMPEM APENKWAH J.<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
High Court on 14th November, 2014 gave a final judgment in favour of
the Defendant/Respondent/Applicant in the above-named suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Dissatisfied
with the judgment the Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent filed an appeal to the
Court of Appeal.&nbsp; On 13th May,
2015 the Court of Appeal granted an application for stay of execution filed by
the Respondent.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Even though
initially the record of appeal was dispatched to the appellate court following
the issue of Civil Form 6, the appellate court granted an application for an
order to rectify the record of appeal.&nbsp;
This meant, the record of appeal had to be returned to the lower court
for the rectification to be done.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the
instant application, the Defendant/Respondent/Applicant has applied to the
court below i.e. this court for an order for interlocutory injunction to
restrain the Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent, her agents, servants and assigns
from carrying out constructional works as well as having anything to do with
the land pending the final determination of the suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the
accompanying affidavit, Applicant deposed that she obtained judgment in the
suit in her favour and the Respondent appealed against same.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>She
also deposed that even though the parties were served with Civil Form 6, and
the record of appeal, the Respondent brought an application to rectify the
record which was granted by the appellate court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>She
further deposed that since then the Respondent has not taken any steps to
prosecute the appeal but has rather entered the land and cut down trees and
demolished structures on it.&nbsp; Again she
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