O’SVAN-BOYE LIMITED vs. DAVID KOJO ANAGBO AND THE LANDS COMMISSION [2022]DLCA11491

Date	2022-04-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/109/2021
Citation No.	[2022]DLCA11491

MARGARET WELBOURNE JA PRESIDING

P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA

J. ADJEI FRIMPONG JA

AGYENIM AGYEI-BOATENG FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

JAINIE AGROVIE JAINE FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2022]DLCA11491
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >O’SVAN-BOYE LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DAVID KOJO ANAGBO<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>THE LANDS COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL
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NO. H1/109/2021&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 APRIL 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>AGYENIM AGYEI-BOATENG FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<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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DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>MARGARET WELBOURNE JA PRESIDING, P. BRIGHT MENSAH
JA, J. ADJEI FRIMPONG 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>The instant appeal arises from the judgment of the
Accra High Court [Land Division) delivered 14/03/2018 found on pp
334-341 of the record of appeal [roa].&nbsp; Being
dissatisfied, the plaintiff/appellant has mounted the instant appeal against
the said judgment on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the trial
High Court Judge erred in law which occasioned a miscarriage of justice to the
plaintiff/appellant when she struck out the plaintiff/appellant suit for want
of capacity.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the trial
High Court Judge erred in law which occasioned a miscarriage of justice to the
plaintiff/appellant when she failed to appreciate the position of the law that
the 1st defendant/respondent having presented a document for
registration he claim to have given to him by the plaintiff/appellant or the 1st
defendant/respondent having claimed to have dealt with the plaintiff/appellant
is an admission of the existence of the plaintiff/appellant and for that matter
the plaintiff/appellant have capacity to institute the instant action before
the trial High Court.<o:p></o:p>See: pp 342-343 [roa].<o:p></o:p>Now, pursuant to leave of the court on 19/11/2019,
the plaintiff/appellant filed an additional ground of appeal that is to say:<o:p></o:p>c.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Judgment
is against the weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p>Writ of summons:<o:p></o:p>Per the writ issued in the registry of the lower
court on 28/11/2016, the appellant claimed against the respondents, as
appearing on pp 1-2 [roa], the following:<o:p></o:p>1.