JOYCE AGYAPONG vs. MOSES YAW ANSAH [2019]DLHC9023

Date	2019-12-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0843/19
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9023

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

EMMANUEL DUBIK MAHAMA FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT

YAW OWUSU ABABIO HOLDING BRIEF OF EMMANUEL AMOFA FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLHC9023
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOYCE AGYAPONG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MOSES YAW ANSAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION), 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/0843/19&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 5TH DECEMBER,
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>EMMANUEL DUBIK MAHAMA FOR
PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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YAW
OWUSU ABABIO HOLDING BRIEF OF EMMANUEL AMOFA FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Before me is an application by
Plaintiff/Applicant to amend the title to his writ of summons to reflect the
correct name of the Defendant, namely Moses Yaw Asa-Akyea and not Moses Yaw
Ansah as indicated on the writ by which this action was commenced.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Counsel for the Defendant opposed the
application to amend the title to Plaintiff’s writ of summons on the grounds
that the said Moses Yaw Asa-Akyea is not the person named as the Defendant in
the instant suit and, secondly, that he is not a proper party to be sued
because he is not laying claim to any piece of land in Kwabenya.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>An examination of the affidavit in
support of the instant application reveals that prior to the commencement of
this action against the Defendant, the name and contact number of one Moses Yaw
Ansah was given to the Plaintiff by workers that he found on the land he claims
by this suit, as the person who authorized them to work on the land. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Based upon this information, the
plaintiff caused his lawyer to issue a writ against the said &nbsp;&nbsp;Moses
Yaw Ansah. Upon service of the writ, the Defendant caused his lawyer to file a
notice of conditional appearance and followed it up with a statement of defence
in which he protested that he was wrongly served with the writ of summons by
the Court bailiff because his name is Moses Yaw Asa-Akyea and not Moses Yaw Ansah
as indicated on the writ.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the Court’s view, however, the Defendant/Respondent
failed to explain how the workers on the land claimed by the plaintiff obtained
his contact number and gave it to the Plaintiff as the contact number of the
person who authorized them to work on the land in dispute. In view of the fact
that the contact number given to the plaintiff was the exact number of the Defendant
it can be inferred that the Defendant has a connection to the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the circumstances, the application
to amend the title of the writ of summons to reflect the correct name of the Defendant
is granted.&nbsp; Counsel for Plaintiff is to
file an amended writ of summons by 13th December 2019.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Suit to take its normal course. <o:p></o:p>