NANA NIMAKO AMPRAKO, AFUA POKUA, AKUA KONADU AND OPANIN AKWASI DWUMAAH vs. THE ADUMASA STOOL OF OFOASE [2021]DLCA10055

NANA NIMAKO AMPRAKO, AFUA POKUA, AKUA KONADU AND OPANIN AKWASI DWUMAAH vs. THE... [2021]DLCA10055

Date	2021-01-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/01/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA10055

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA. (PRESIDING)

A. B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA.

SAMUEL K.A. ASIEDU JA.

KWASI AFRIFA FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

ALFRED AGYEMANG GYIMAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2021]DLCA10055
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA NIMAKO AMPRAKO, AFUA POKUA, AKUA KONADU AND OPANIN AKWASI
DWUMAAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ADUMASA STOOL OF OFOASE<o:p></o:p>KOKOBEN PER THE OCCUPANT<o:p></o:p>NANA AMANKWAA KUDOM II<o:p></o:p>ADUMASAHENE’S PALACE<o:p></o:p>OFOASE-KOKOBEN<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:
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APPEAL NO. H1/01/2021<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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28THJANUARY, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWASI
AFRIFA FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS <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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AGYEMANG GYIMAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM
<o:p></o:p>ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA.
(PRESIDING), A. B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA., SAMUEL K.A. ASIEDU JA.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;ASIEDU, JA.<o:p></o:p>My lords, on the 29th day
of April 2020, the within named Plaintiffs/Appellants; who shall hereafter be
referred to as the Plaintiffs or the Appellants, caused a writ of summons to
issue against the Defendant/Respondent; hereafter referred to as the Defendant
or Respondent. In the said writ, the Plaintiffs sought: <o:p></o:p>“a.
Declaration of title to the piece of land situate lying and being at Asuogya,
Ofoase-Kokoben measuring approximately 42.12 acres and bounded by on the south
by a stream called Asuo Bookor, on the East by a stream called Asuo Akobonsu,
on the North by Abenkyiman Hospital and on the West by a stretch of land
commonly called Sakyi (owned by Agyapong family) belongs to the Plaintiffs
being their ancestral land.<o:p></o:p>b.
A declaration that the act of the Defendant in seeking to assert interest
and/or ownership in relation to the said land or a portion thereof by surveying
the land and erecting pillars, construction of an access road and demarcation
of the land into plots in readiness for sale is unlawful, illegal, trespassory
and an attempt to interfere with the proprietary rights of the Plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p>c.
General, special, punitive and exemplary damages against the Defendant for
trespass and unlawful conduct.<o:p></o:p>d.
An order of injunction restraining the Defendant, his agents, assigns,
representatives, workmen, servants and persons acting on his behalf and at his
direction in any manner whatsoever from interfering with the Plaintiffs right,
title, interest and possession of the said land.”<o:p></o:p>Accompanying the writ was a statement
of claim detailing out the facts in support of the indorsement on the writ. The
Defendant filed a statement of defence on the 15th day of May 2020.
About 10 minutes after the filing of the writ, the Plaintiffs also filed a
motion on notice with a supporting affidavit for an order of interlocutory
injunction to restrain “the Defendant,
his agents, assigns, privies, successors, workmen and those acting upon his
behest, instruction and/or direction from in any manner interfering with the Plaintiffs’
right, title, interest and possession of the parcel of land lying situate and
being at Asuogya, Ofoase-Kokoben measuring 42.12 acres and bounded by on the
south by a stream called Asuo Bookor, on the east by a stream called Asuo
Akobonsu, on the north by Abenkyiman Hospital land and on the west by a stretch
of land commonly called Sakyi (owned by Agyapong family) which is the ancestral
land of the Plaintiffs and in particular from creating third party rights in
the said land pending the hearing and final determination of the suit”. A
statement of case was also filed by the Plaintiffs. The Defendant filed an
affidavit in opposition together with a statement of case. On the 1st
day of June 2020, the High Court sitting at Kumasi, after hearing the motion
for the interlocutory injunction, dismissed the whole application. <o:p></o:p>It is against the ruling of the High
Court delivered on the 1st June 2020, that the Plaintiffs have filed
the instant interlocutory appeal, apparently, on the very day that the
application was dismissed. By their appeal, the Plaintiffs seek “an order setting aside the said ruling of
the High Court, Kumasi, dated the 1st June 2020, and a further order
restraining the Defendant from in any way dealing in the land the subject
matter of the suit pending the hearing and determination of the substantive
suit”.<o:p></o:p>Five grounds of appeal have been set
out by the Plaintiffs on the notice of appeal. These are that: <o:p></o:p>