PATRICK OPARE, ADELAID DAPAAH, ERNEST KWADWO YARTEL AND SETH BIO (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS) vs. MICHAEL AYAR, DONALD ATANGA, JAMES LOMO AND PATRICK LARTEY [2019]DLHC8971

PATRICK OPARE, ADELAID DAPAAH, ERNEST KWADWO YARTEL AND SETH BIO (PLAINTIFFS/RES... [2019]DLHC8971

Date	2019-02-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0180/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8971

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

ZANU DASSAH HOLDING BRIEF FOR CHARLES BAWADUAH FOR PLAINTIFFS

OFORI ADUENI FOR 2ND DEFENDANT /APPLICANT

[2019]DLHC8971
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PATRICK OPARE, ADELAID
DAPAAH, ERNEST KWADWO YARTEL AND SETH BIO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MICHAEL AYAR, DONALD
ATANGA, JAMES LOMO AND PATRICK LARTEY<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/0180/2018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
27TH FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ZANU DASSAH HOLDING BRIEF
FOR CHARLES BAWADUAH 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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ADUENI FOR 2ND DEFENDANT /APPLICANT <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 four Plaintiffs in this suit took
out a writ of summons at the Registry of this Court against the four Defendants
on the 15th day of February, 2018. This was accompanied by a
statement of claim.<o:p></o:p>Upon service of the writ on him, the
2nd Defendant entered conditional appearance and subsequently brought the
instant application for an order to set aside the writ of summons. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the accompanying affidavit in support
of the application, the reasons for the application were deposed to at paragraphs
4, 5, 6 and 7 as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
residential and occupational addresses of each of the plaintiffs have not been endorsed
on the writ of summons. I have been advised and believe same to be true, that
the endorsement of the residential and occupational addresses of each of the
Plaintiffs on the writ is a mandatory statutory requirement without which the
writ is invalid.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>5. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I
am further advised and believe it&nbsp; to be
true that C/o H/No. 345,Amasaman following the name of the 4th
Plaintiff is not compliance with the requirements and consequently the writ is
invalid and not properly before the Court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Plaintiffs respectively claim against the Defendants jointly and severally
declaration of title to land and the ancillary reliefs of damages for trespass
and perpetual injunction. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>7. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Plaintiffs seek the reliefs against the Defendants in respect of each Plaintiff’s
piece of land. Yet all the Plaintiffs have been joined together on the writ
without leave of the Court. I have been advised, and I believe it to be true that
the writ of summons and the statement of claim do not disclose that a common
question of law or fact arises between each of the Plaintiffs and the Defendants,
the leave of the Court ought to have been obtained before the joinder of the
Plaintiffs in the a</main>