NII AKRAMAH NYOMOR BEI II AND 10 OTHERS vs. HUMPHREY DZATOR BOTCWAY AND 11 ORS [2019]DLHC8927

Date	2019-03-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1362/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8927

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE E. K. BOSOMPEM APENKWAH J.

NOEL BREMPONG FOR PETER ZWENNES FOR PLAINTIFFS

THOMAS HUGHES FOR DEFENDANTS

[2019]DLHC8927
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII AKRAMAH NYOMOR BEI II
AND 10 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HUMPHREY DZATOR BOTCWAY
AND 11 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<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/1362/2016 &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:
14TH MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NOEL BREMPONG FOR PETER
ZWENNES FOR PLAINTIFFS <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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THOMAS
HUGHES FOR DEFENDANTS <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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BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE E. K. BOSOMPEM APENKWAH J.<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Counsel for Defendants/Applicants moved
a motion on notice for stay of proceedings in this Court pending the
determination of contempt proceedings against 1st
Plaintiff/Respondent in another Court. &nbsp;Hereinafter
the 1st Defendant/Applicant would be called “Applicant” and the 1st
Plaintiff/Respondent would also be called the “Respondent”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Counsel for Applicant contended in his
argument in support of the application that the substance of the Plaintiff’s
writ is based on a piece of land located at Ngleshie Amanfro and which said
land is a stool land, and being a stool land Order 4 r 9 of C. I. 47 shows who
can institute an action or issue a writ or defend an action in respect of stool
land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Counsel also contended that the 1st
Defendant/Applicant is the substantive chief of Ngleshie Amanfro and referred
the Court to exhibit “A” annexed to this application.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to Counsel for Applicant, it
is the case of the Applicant that he has cited the Respondent for contempt of court
in respect of the issuance of the writ in this Court and labelling himself as
the chief of Ngleshie Amanfro. &nbsp;Here again
he referred the court to exhibit “B” annexed to this application.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Counsel further told the court that
sometime in 2013, the same 1st Plaintiff - i.e ‘Respondent’ paraded
himself as the chief of Ngleshie Amanfro. The 1st Defendant i.e
Applicant cited him for contempt in the High Court. And when this happened, the
Respondent wrote to the Court and retracted and said he will not call himself chief
anymore.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This according to Counsel for Applicant
happened after the paramount chief of Ngleshie Alata Nii Kojo Ababio had
mediated between the Applicant and Respondent.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Counsel further told this Court that
the paramount chief after the mediation wrote to the Court&nbsp;&nbsp; and said in the letter that Respondent said
he was no longer going to call himself a chief. Here also Counsel referred to
exhibit “B”. Based on the undertaking of the Respondent the court gave judgment
after the Respondent had apologized and retracted that he was a chief.<o:p></o:p>