NII DZAASE AKOTEY IV AND NII OGBAMEY ANKONAM I vs. NII KWASHIE GBOLOR IV, FAYSONS CO. LTD AND THE LANDS COMMISSION [2019]DLHC9133

NII DZAASE AKOTEY IV AND NII OGBAMEY ANKONAM I vs. NII KWASHIE GBOLOR IV, FAYSON... [2019]DLHC9133

Date	2019-07-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0796/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9133

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

KWABENA BOYE AGYEKUMHENE FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANTS

JAMES MENSAH KULLEY FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENTS

[2019]DLHC9133
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII DZAASE AKOTEY IV AND
NII OGBAMEY ANKONAM I<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NII KWASHIE GBOLOR IV,
FAYSONS CO. LTD AND THE LANDS COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<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/0796/18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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 JULY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWABENA BOYE AGYEKUMHENE FOR
PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANTS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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JAMES
MENSAH KULLEY FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENTS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

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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 filed by
counsel for the 1st Plaintiff/Applicant for an order of
interlocutory injunction to restrain the 2nd Defendant/Respondent,
essentially, from executing its judgment obtained against the affected parties
in Suit No. SOL/35/10, on the grounds that the judgment was obtained by fraud. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the affidavit in support of the
instant application, the 1st Plaintiff/Applicant stated that he is
the Dzasetse and acting chief of Bortianor. According to the Applicant, the
subject matter of Suit No. SOL/35/10 was Bortianor stool land and the Defendants
therein were grantees of the said stool. The Applicant claims that the 2nd
Defendant fraudulently obtained judgment against its grantees knowing fully
well that the land, subject matter of the said suit, belonged to the Bortianor
stool and not to the Ngleshie Amanfrom stool. &nbsp;He is therefore praying the court to restrain
the 1st and 2nd Defendants from dealing with the land in
dispute pending the determination of the instant suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the affidavit in opposition deposed
to by the Managing Director of the 2nd Defendant company, he averred
that the 2nd Defendant Company, by a deed of lease dated 20th
May 1995, acquired the land in dispute from Nii Kwashie Gborlor III chief of
Ngleshie Amanfrom. Subsequently, the lease was registered and 2nd Defendant
was issued with a land certificate on 13th August 2000. He further
claimed that in 2009 the 2nd Defendant took legal action against
some trespassers to its land in suit no SOL/35/10 and obtained judgment against
all but the 6th Defendant, who filed terms of settlement with the 2nd
Defendant. He further claimed that the Defendants who lost the case in Suit No.
SOL/35/2010 have “metamorphosed” into the Plaintiffs in the instant suit to
relitigate the matter. He therefore prayed that the application for injunction
should be dismissed.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the case of Wolley v Nsiah (2003-2005)
1 GLR 69 at page 75, it was held that; <o:p></o:p>“an
allegation of fraud against a judgment is no doubt a cause of action. It is
undisputed that the person who seeks to set aside a completed judgment on the
ground of fraud must come by a fresh action in the form of a writ of summons.
In other words, where a person alleges that a judgment has been obtained as a
result of fraud, he can only seek to set aside that judgment or impugn that
judgment by issuing a writ of summons.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It was further held in the case of Bretuw
v Aferiba (1984-86) 1 GLR 25 that;<o:p></o:p>“
in a suit charging fraud, it would be a clear impropriety for a Plaintiff to
re-open his case. Where a judgment was attacked for fraud, fraud only must be
in issue for it w</main>