ADWOA HARRIS WIAFE AND JEMIMA PRAH KATA HOSTEL ACCRA vs. EMMANUEL SARFO WIAFE AND THE DEPUTY SHERIFF [2019]DLHC9025

ADWOA HARRIS WIAFE AND JEMIMA PRAH KATA HOSTEL ACCRA vs. EMMANUEL SARFO WIAFE... [2019]DLHC9025

Date	2019-07-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/245/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9025

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

AGYABENG G. AKRASI ESQ. OF AGYABENG AKRASI & CO DANQUAH CIRCLE OSU ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS.

JUSTICE ABDULAI ESQ. OF CROWN LEGAL BUREAU WEST LEGON ACCRA COUNSEL FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPLICANT.

[2019]DLHC9025
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ADWOA
HARRIS WIAFE (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>AND JEMIMA
PRAH KATA HOSTEL ACCRA<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EMMANUEL
SARFO WIAFE (1ST DEFENDANT/APPLICANT) AND THE DEPUTY SHERIFF (2ND DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT,
(COMMERCIAL DIVISION) ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AGYABENG
G. AKRASI ESQ., OF AGYABENG AKRASI &amp; CO, DANQUAH CIRCLE, OSU, ACCRA,
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ABDULAI ESQ., OF CROWN LEGAL BUREAU, WEST LEGON, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR 1ST
DEFENDANT/APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP
JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This
is an application filed by the 1st Defendant/Applicant (hereinafter
referred to as “1st Defendant”) for an order to strike out the writ
of summons issued by the Plaintiffs/Respondents (hereinafter referred to as
“Plaintiffs”) on the grounds that the writ of summons and the statement of
claim are incompetent, null and void as the Plaintiffs did not endorse their
Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN) on the processes.<o:p></o:p>Briefly, the facts giving rise to this
application are that the 1st Defendant instituted an action against 1st
Plaintiff in the High Court on November 11, 2010 in a suit titled Emmanuel Sarfo Wiafe v Adwoa Harris
Wiafe (Suit No. BFA 29/2011) for
one third interest in the property situate at No. 9, Beijing Street, East
Legon, Accra, the subject matter of this suit. Judgment was given on November
4, 2014 in favour of the 1st Defendant. An appeal on the decision at
the Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the High Court. Plaintiffs aver
that they were willing to meet the 1st Defendant through their
lawyer to determine the quantum of money to be paid in satisfaction of the one
third interest, however, all efforts proved futile. It is the contention of Plaintiffs
that the award of the court did not include an award of recovery of possession of
the subject matter. Plaintiffs aver that the 1st Defendant with full
knowledge that no award of possession had been made in his favour and without
going through the necessary processes, caused the 2nd Defendant
together with other persons to forcefully evict the 2nd Plaintiff,
one Kwaku Sarfo, who is the issue of the marriage of the 1st Plaintiff
and 1st Defendant and the other occupants of the house and destroyed
property in an alleged attempt to execute the judgment of the High Court. It is
on this basis that the Plaintiffs caused a writ of summons and the accompanying
statement of claim to issue against the Defendants claiming the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that without the orders for recovery
of possession and writ of possession to issue from a court of competent
jurisdiction, defendants had no legal authority to have interfered with the
quiet and peaceful occupation and possession of property being Plot No. 9,
Beijing Street, East Legon, Accra on 2/08/117 and 20/07/18 and worst still, to
unlawfully continue to remain in possession.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the purported acts of possession
of Plot No 9 Beijing Street, East Legon, Accra by Defendants from Plaintiffs on
2/08/17 and 20/07/18 under the guise of judgment of the High Court in Suit No.
BFA 29/2011, titled Emmanuel Sarfo Wiafe v Adwoa Harris Wiafe date</main>