TOGBE GOBO DARKE XII (Chief of Tsito Awudome) (APPLICANT) vs. TOGBE AYIM MORDEY VI (Chief of Peki Avetile) (RESPONDENT) [2019]DLSC7844

TOGBE GOBO DARKE XII (Chief of Tsito Awudome) (APPLICANT) vs. TOGBE AYIM MORDEY... [2019]DLSC7844

Date	2019-11-06
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J8/136/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC7844

BAFFOE-BONNIE ACTING CJ (PRESIDING)

PWAMANG JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

DORDZIE JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

A. A. SOMUAH-ASAMOAH FOR THE APPLICANT.

JEAN MAURELLET WITH HIM KWAMI BONI FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[2019]DLSC7844
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TOGBE GOBO DARKE XII (Chief of Tsito
Awudome)<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TOGBE AYIM MORDEY&nbsp;&nbsp; VI (Chief of Peki Avetile)<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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J8/136/2018&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; DATE: 6TH NOVEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A. SOMUAH-ASAMOAH FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JEAN MAURELLET
WITH HIM KWAMI BONI FOR THE RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>BAFFOE-BONNIE ACTING CJ
(PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC, DORDZIE JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>A.M. A &nbsp;DORDZIE: JSC-<o:p></o:p>The applicant herein Togbe Gobo Darke XII, Chief
of Tsito Awudome filed a motion in this court on the 3rd of August
2018 against Togbe Ayim Mordey VI chief of Peki Avetile, praying this court for
the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order setting aside the part of the ruling of the Supreme Court dated 30th
March 1992 in the suit intituled Republic v High Court, Accra and Anorther.
Exparte Darke &amp; others. That referred the suit therein to the Stool Lands
Boundary Commission for settlement.<o:p></o:p>ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order reinstating the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Civil Appeal No.
202/76 of 30th July 1979 intituled Togbe Ayim Darke IV v 1. Togbe
Gobo Darke XI 2. Ntow Peniana&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Such
other orders as the Supreme Court will consider fit to make. <o:p></o:p>Background<o:p></o:p>Litigation between the predecessors of the parties
herein over parcels of land known as Tiame Awalime lands situate between &nbsp;Peki and Tsito-Awudome in the Volta Region
dates back to 1952. The history of the suit is set out by both parties in their
respective affidavits. Violence had erupted many a time between these two communities
because of the dispute over the years and many lives have been lost. This
situation no doubt had been an issue of grave national concern and resolving
the dispute totally and timeously would have been a matter of public interest, however,
the issue had remained protracted till now over 60 years.<o:p></o:p>Facts:
The substantive suit
has a much checked history, as much as possible I will briefly summarize the
sequence of events that led to the application before us. An action in respect
of the subject matter of litigation between the parties was first instituted by
the chief of Peki Avetile, Togbe Ayim Darke IV representing some families of
Peki Avetile at the Native Court Peki in 1952 against Togbe Gobo Darke XI of
Tsito Awudome and one of his subjects Ntow Peniana. The suit was eventually
decided by </main>