SAMUEL TSAHEY & ORS. vs. ALEX YAW TINKORANG [2020]DLHC10333

Date	2020-02-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0103/18
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10333

HER LADYSHIP ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).

ISAIAH ADZIGODIE HOLDING BRIEF FOR PROSPER NYAHE COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT PRESENT

BRIGHT A. AKOANDE HOLDING BRIEF FOR RAYMOND BAGNABU COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT PRESENT

[2020]DLHC10333
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL
TSAHEY &amp; ORS.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ALEX
YAW TINKORANG<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ISAIAH ADZIGODIE HOLDING BRIEF FOR
PROSPER NYAHE, COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT PRESENT<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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A. AKOANDE HOLDING BRIEF FOR RAYMOND BAGNABU, COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

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(MRS).<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;Motion
on notice for an order for joinder of Emmanuel K. Adjei to suit as 2nd
defendant<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
applicant requests this Court for an order joining him to the substantive suit
as a 2nd defendant. The reason for his request as can be garnered from
his original affidavit and supplementary in support of his application is that
the land, the subject matter of dispute between the plaintiffs and the
defendant herein, is the property of the Otopa We family of which he is the
acting head and that it is the said family that granted the land to the
defendant. <o:p></o:p>The
applicant claims the said family obtained judgment in the High Court some time
ago concerning the land in dispute (Exhibit 1 attached to the motion paper and
supporting affidavit). The applicant thus believes that he ought to be joined
to the present suit to enable him protect the interest of his family and to
also avoid a multiplicity of suits.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs/respondents are opposed to this application. They say the interest
of the applicant in the land is remote and that since the defendant’s grantor
(PAG Construction Co. Ltd.) has already filed a witness statement in support of
the defendant’s case, it is unnecessary to join all interest holders since
their interests are conterminous with that of the defendant herein. <o:p></o:p>The
Court has perused the motion paper, affidavits and annexures of both parties and
has also considered the submissions of all Counsel and has also adverted its
mind to Order 4 rule 3 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (CI 47)
especially sub rule 3 and the Court is of the opinion that indeed the interest
of the applicant is remote since it is clear from the pleadings of the parties
i.e. the defendant’s that the applicant had already granted its interest in the
land to a company by name PAG Construction Ltd. The said company has also filed
a witness statement in favour of the defendant herein.<o:p></o:p>The
Court agrees with the submissions of Counsel for the plaintiffs that a grant of
this joinder application is indeed unnecessary because it will only serve to
delay the smooth prosecution of the substantive matter and the Court also
believes that the interest of the applicant has been adequately covered by the
witness statement filed by Peter Amoah the Managing Director of PAG
Construction Co. Ltd. as a witness for the defendant herein. In the light of
the foregoing, the request for an order joining the applicant to the suit as 2nd
defendant is refused. There is no award of cost against the applicant.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;(SGD)<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS
(MRS)<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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