TRASSACO FURNITURE LTD. vs. JELEEL COMPANY GHANA LTD & ZION ENERGY [2021]DLCA11111

Date	2021-10-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/30/2020
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA11111

SENYO DZAMEFE JA .PRESIDING

P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA

NOVISI ARYENE JA

[2021]DLCA11111
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TRASSACO FURNITURE LTD.<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JELEEL COMPANY GHANA LTD &amp; ZION
ENERGY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT, DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>COURT OF
APPEAL (CIVIL APPEAL), 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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NO. H1/30/2020&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: 28TH OCTOBER 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>SENYO DZAMEFE JA .PRESIDING, P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA, NOVISI
ARYENE 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;BRIGHT MENSAH
JA:<o:p></o:p>I have had the privilege of reading the judgment of
my esteemed brother, Dzamefi JA and do agree with his analysis of the case and
the conclusion reached.&nbsp; However, to
enrich the discussion and on the law, I have decided to contribute my own
thoughts.<o:p></o:p>My Lords, this appeal is an invitation to this
court to interfere in a judicial discretion that the lower court, the High
Court, [General Jurisdiction], Accra exercised per its Ruling delivered
22/07/2020.&nbsp; In a short Ruling, the
learned trial judge has held:<o:p></o:p>“By Court:<o:p></o:p>I have read
the application and the affidavit in support, as well as the supplementary
affidavit.&nbsp; I have also looked at the affidavit
in opposition, I am of the opinion that this application has not been made out
since there is no evidence on record to support the assertion of the applicant’s
possession of the land which execution has been levied.&nbsp; On the premises, Order 43(3) is inapplicable
in the instant case.&nbsp; In the premises the
application is refused.&nbsp; The exhibits “C”
series which were attached failed to demonstrate any sign of the applicant’s
possession.<o:p></o:p>No order as
to cost.”<o:p></o:p>See: pp 204-205 of the record of appeal [roa].<o:p></o:p>The ruling was given against the backdrop of a
motion on notice to set aside a writ of possession dated 21st
November 2019.&nbsp; The said motion with its
supporting affidavit and annexures/exhibits was filed with the lower court on
12/12/2019 and this appears on pp 84-102 [roa].&nbsp; A supplementary affidavit was subsequently
filed on 27/03/2020.&nbsp; See: pp
176-195 [roa].<o:p></o:p>We state on record that an affidavit in opposition
to challenge the application was filed 05/06/2020.&nbsp; That appears on pp 196-201 [roa].<o:p></o:p>In the final analysis, the lower court refused the
application.&nbsp; It is against the refusal
of the application that the instant appeal has been launched.&nbsp; Per a notice of appeal filed with this court
on 05/8/2020, as appearing on pp 206-207 [roa], the grounds of the
appeal are given as follows:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The entire ruling
is against the weight of evidence on record.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The court fell in
grave error when it failed to declare the writ of possession dated 21st
November 2019 invalid.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The court erred in
law when it held that the applicant had failed to prove that it was in
possession of the land.<o:p></o:p>