GREAT NINGO TRADITIONAL COUNCIL vs. NENE TEYE KWESI KWETEY II AND OTHERS [2019]DLHC8961

Date	2019-06-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO: LD/0302/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8961

ALEXANDER OSEI TUTU J. (SITTING AS A JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

SAMUEL KODJOE FOR THE PLAINTIFF

KEZIA KENNETH AZUMAH FOR 1ST AND 9TH TO THE 15TH DEFENDANTS

OHENE AMANKWAH DJAN FOR 2ND DEFENDANT

PAA JOY AKUAMOAH BOATENG HOLDING CHARLES BENTUM’S BRIEF FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT

CONSTANCE QUIST HOLDING KWESI ADJENIM BOATENG’S BRIEF FOR THE 6TH AND 8TH DEFENDANTS

[2019]DLHC8961
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GREAT NINGO TRADITIONAL
COUNCIL<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NENE TEYE KWESI KWETEY II
AND OTHERS<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/0302/2019&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:
4ST JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SAMUEL KODJOE FOR THE
PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>KEZIA KENNETH AZUMAH FOR 1ST
AND 9TH TO THE 15TH DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>OHENE AMANKWAH DJAN FOR 2ND
DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>PAA JOY AKUAMOAH BOATENG
HOLDING CHARLES BENTUM’S BRIEF FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CONSTANCE
QUIST HOLDING KWESI ADJENIM BOATENG’S BRIEF FOR THE 6TH AND 8TH
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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ALEXANDER OSEI TUTU J. (SITTING AS A JUSTICE OF THE HIGH
COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>In this application, the third Defendant is
invoking the Court’s inherent jurisdiction to strike out the entire writ of the
Plaintiff for want of capacity. The application was grounded on the following:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the Plaintiff should have endorsed on the writ of summons a statement of the
capacity in which it sued. <o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the endorsement of capacity on the writ is a mandatory requirement, the absence
of which renders the writ a nullity. <o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
although the Plaintiff at paragraph 3 of its statement of claim purported to
sue on behalf of the chiefs, clans, families and indigenous people of the Ningo
Traditional Area, yet the actual identities of these persons were not
disclosed. <o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
Ningo lands are owned by families and not stools, so the Plaintiff is not a
person recognized in law with capacity to own and sue in respect of land the
subject matter of this suit.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the Plaintiff cannot be an owner of land and a trustee at the same time, hence
casting great doubt in the capacity in which it has sued.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff opposed the application and contended
that:<o:p></o:p>a.</main>