TOGBE GOBO DARKE XII (APPLICANT) vs. TOGBE AYIM MORDEY VI (RESPONDENT) [2019]DLSC7920

Date	2019-11-09
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J8/136/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC7920

BAFFOE-BONNIE ACTING CJ (PRESIDING)

PWAMANG JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

DORDZIE JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

A. SOMUAH-ASAMOAH FOR THE APPLICANT.

JEAN MAURELLET WITH HIM KWAMI BONI FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[2019]DLSC7920
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TOGBE GOBO
DARKE XII<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>TOGBE AYIM
MORDEY VI<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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CIVIL
MOTION NO. 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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 9TH NOVEMBER,
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>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:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BAFFOE-BONNIE
ACTING CJ (PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC, DORDZIE JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC<o:p></o:p>

</div>&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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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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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 a</main>