YAA AMPONSAH AND MR. ENOCK EDUSEI vs. AKWASI ASSUMING [2021]DLCA10825

Date	2021-03-25
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/52/2019
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA10825

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) J A (PRESIDING)

ALEX B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG J A

SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J A

ADJEI BEDIAKO FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

SCHADRACK YEBOAH OBENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2021]DLCA10825
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >YAA AMPONSAH AND MR.
ENOCK EDUSEI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AKWASI ASSUMING<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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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APPEAL NO.: H1/52/2019 &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:
25TH MARCH, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ADJEI
BEDIAKO FOR THE DEFENDANTS/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;">

SCHADRACK YEBOAH OBENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>ANGELINA
M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) J A (PRESIDING), ALEX B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG J A, SAMUEL K.
A. ASIEDU 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>&nbsp;DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA:<o:p></o:p>[1]
This appeal emanates from the judgment
of the Circuit Court Kumasi (KMA) wherein by a judgment dated 14th
December, 2017, the Circuit Judge delivered judgment in favour of the
Plaintiff/Respondent herein and dismissed the respective Counterclaims of the Defendants/Appellants
herein. The Plaintiff/Respondent in this judgment will be referred to as the
Respondent, while the Defendants/Appellants will be referred to as the
Appellants. The Respondent and 1st Appellant are brother and sister
respectively. The Tango between them is about ownership of a property known as
Plot No. 11 Block “I’ together with the buildings thereon situate at
New-Apatrapa, Tanoso Layout of Kumasi. The 2nd Appellant was joined
to the suit because the 1st Appellant sold the said property to him
for valuable consideration.<o:p></o:p>[2]
The opening statement of the judgment
being assailed in this appeal is so apposite that I have not been able to
resist the temptation of relying on it verbatim and I hereby quote same:<o:p></o:p>“Blood they say is thicker than water.
There however comes a time when the desire of man for earthly and material
things is so strong and overbearing that not even the strength of blood is able
to stand in its way and hold together what nature has put together as family
through blood.<o:p></o:p>This is one of the many cases where
humans have demonstrated that, at times, what really matters is not family or
blood but material worth, without due consideration of the consequences. The
Plaintiff herein, who from the evidence has the 1st Defendant as his
only sister and family with the demise of their mother caused to be issued from
the Registry of this Court a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim on the 28th
of June 2013 against her (sic) his said sister as the only Defendant at the time
of issuing same.”<o:p></o:p>[3]
This initial Writ of Summons and its
accompanying Statement of Claim were amended on 15/7/14 after the 2nd
Appellant was joined to the suit. The Amended Writ of Summons and Statement of
Claim were further amended on 20/7/16 pursuant to leave of the court granted on
18/7/16. The Respondent claimed six reliefs against the Appellants jointly and
severally as per the Amended Writ of
Summons filed on 20 /7/16 as follows: -<o:p></o:p>I.A Declaration that title to and
ownership of property Plot No. 11 Block “I’ together with the buildings thereon
situate at New-Apatrapa, Tanoso Layout of Kumasi is vested in the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>II.Damages for trespass and an order for
recovery of possession.<o:p></o:p>III.</main>