JOSEPH JOHN RADDY, JOHN BITAR, VIKIL ABDULLA ESSAKA AND ABUBAKA ESSAKA vs. NANA TUTU AMPEM II [2022]DLCA11489

JOSEPH JOHN RADDY, JOHN BITAR, VIKIL ABDULLA ESSAKA AND ABUBAKA ESSAKA vs. NANA... [2022]DLCA11489

Date	2022-04-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: H1/28/2022
Citation No.	[2022]DLCA11489

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

A. B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG J. A.

S. K. A. ASIEDU J. A.

ACKAH HIMMANS WITH SANDRA AFRIYIE FOR 3RD & 4TH DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS.

KENNEDY KWARTENG FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

[2022]DLCA11489
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOSEPH
JOHN RADDY, JOHN BITAR, VIKIL ABDULLA ESSAKA AND ABUBAKA ESSAKA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS
/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA TUTU AMPEM II<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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NO.: H1/28/2022&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 APRIL, 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ACKAH HIMMANS WITH SANDRA AFRIYIE FOR 3RD
&amp; 4TH DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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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KWARTENG FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>A. M. DOMAKYAAREH
(MRS) J. A. PRESIDING, A. B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG J. A.,<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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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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mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.5pt;line-height:115%">&nbsp;POKU-ACHEAMPONG,
J.A.:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This is an appeal against `a
judgment of the Kumasi High Court dated 26th July 2006 by the 3rd
and 4th Defendants/Appellants.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;For the purposes of this
judgment and for reasons of convenience the Plaintiff/Respondent shall be
referred to as “the Respondent” and the Defendants/Appellants as “the Appellants”.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Respondent per a writ of
summons filed on 11th May 1988 on his own behalf and on behalf of
the Akyinakrom Stool&nbsp; claimed against the
Appellants jointly and severally the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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A declaration that the instrument executed
between the Plaintiff and the 1st and 2nd Defendants and
dated 8/7/55 with 1-9-1965 as the commencement date is a Tenancy Agreement for
four stores built on plot Number OTB 106, Kumasi and not a devise (sic)
assigning 12 years and 30 days being the residue of the term of 50 years
granted to Plaintiff by a head lease to the 1st and 2nd
Defendants. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
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A declaration that as between the Plaintiff’s
stool and the Defendants, Plaintiff is better entitled to the renewal of the
Head-lease referred to supra.<o:p></o:p>The
3rd and 4th Appellants entered appearance on 12th
May 1988 and filed their defence on 14th June 1988 which was amended
on 15th December 1988.<o:p></o:p>The
1st and 2nd Defendants/Appellants also entered appearance
on 18th May 1988 and filed their defence on 22nd June
1988.<o:p></o:p>