EMMANUEL KWAME NYARKO vs. NANA YAW SINTIM & ORS [2020]DLCA8585

Date	2020-01-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: H1/18/2018
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8585

TORKORNOO JSC (PRESIDING)

OFOE J.A.

GAISIE J.A

EBENEZER NUBOUR FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

SAMMANI ZACHARY FOR RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENT

[2020]DLCA8585
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EMMANUEL KWAME NYARKO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA YAW SINTIM &amp; ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
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.: H1/18/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 16TH JAN, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>EBENEZER NUBOUR FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMMANI ZACHARY FOR
RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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TORKORNOO JSC
(PRESIDING), OFOE J.A., GAISIE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>TORKORNOO, JSC<o:p></o:p>(Sitting in the Court of Appeal)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Every
appeal is a rehearing by operation of Rule
8 (1) of the Court of Appeal Rules 1997 CI 19 which reads: <o:p></o:p>8. Notice and grounds of appeal<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(1) An appeal to
the Court shall be by way or rehearing and shall be brought by a notice of
appeal.<o:p></o:p>As rightly pointed out by both
counsels, an appeal is a rehearing of the matters in issue, and In
cases such as Tuakwa v. Bosom
2001-2002 SCGLR 61; Sarkodie v.
FKA Co 2009 SCGLR 65, Fosua &amp;
Adu-Poku v. Dufie (Decd) &amp; Adu-Poku Mensah 2009 SCGLR 310, the
Supreme Court has clarified that the appellate court is enjoined to review the entire
case presented and make its own independent determination on the basis of
the record of proceedings. <o:p></o:p>As a
function of rehearing therefore, I will set out the full history of suits
between the parties to this appeal because they form the salient backdrop to
the contentions on appeal.<o:p></o:p>FIRST CASE - BFA 4/08<o:p></o:p>The Appellant
commenced Suit No BFA 4/08 as Plaintiff in the high court on 11th
June 2007.&nbsp; The Respondent to this appeal
was 1st Defendant and the 2nd Defendant was one Nana
Gyimah Kessie (now deceased). The suit was endorsed with the following claims: <o:p></o:p>1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that the paper
writing dated May 2001 is not the act of Comfort Oforiwaah (deceased).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.