AMA POKUA vs. TETTEH AMOATEY & 2 ORS [2021]DLCA10771

Date	2021-05-05
Suit No.	Suit NO: H1/56/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA10771

Sowah J.A. (PRESIDING)

Oppong J.A

Mensah-Homiah J.A.

Emmanuel Agyiri Esq. for Defendants/Appellants

[2021]DLCA10771
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AMA POKUA<o:p></o:p>(Plaintiff/Respondent)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TETTEH AMOATEY &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(Defendants/Appellants)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KOFORIDUA]<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;">

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>No
Lawyer for Plaintiff/Respondent<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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Defendants/Appellants<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>Sowah
J.A. (PRESIDING), Oppong J.A, Mensah-Homiah &nbsp;J.A.<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>Introduction<o:p></o:p>This is an interlocutory appeal from
the Ruling of the Circuit Court, Akim Swedru dated 19th October
2020. The appeal was duly filed on 18th November 2020 with leave of
the trial court.<o:p></o:p>The defendants who are the appellants
herein had filed a motion for an order for the transfer of the Suit to the
Circuit Court Agona Swedru by reason that the land the subject of the dispute
was situate in the Central Region. The plaintiff (respondent herein) opposed
the application, contending that the land was at Aperade in the Eastern Region
and thus the appropriate forum. The trial court refused the application,
holding that it had jurisdiction to determine the case. <o:p></o:p>Grounds
of appeal <o:p></o:p>The defendants/appellants are seeking
to: “set aside the Ruling, their
objection to jurisdiction upheld, and the matter referred to the Honourable
Chief Justice to decide on the appropriate forum for hearing the Suit”. The
grounds of appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
decision of the Circuit Court judge is not supported by the affidavit evidence
placed before him<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
ruling of the Circuit Court judge on the Courts' jurisdiction sins against the
provisions of Order 3 Rules 1 and 2 of C.I. 47<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Circuit Court judge misdirected himself by holding that the disputed land was
within the courts' jurisdiction because the defendants failed to refer to the
Plaintiffs boundary owners and also failed to prove that Otabilkrom and Telitey
are on the same land.<o:p></o:p>iv.