JAMES KODWO KOOMSON vs. KWAME ESUON WIREDU KOOMSON [2022]DLCA11497

Date	2022-02-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/223/2021
Citation No.	[2022]DLCA11497

MARGARET WELBOURNE JA PRESIDING

AMMA GAISIE JA

P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA

NOAH ASAMANI FOR PLAINITIFF/APPELLANT

KWASI OWUSU-AGYEMAN FOR DEFENDANT

[2022]DLCA11497
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JAMES KODWO KOOMSON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWAME ESUON WIREDU KOOMSON<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL
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NO. H1/223/2021&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; DATE: 10TH
FEBRUARY 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>NOAH ASAMANI FOR PLAINITIFF/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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</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MARGARET WELBOURNE JA PRESIDING, AMMA GAISIE JA, P.
BRIGHT MENSAH 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>&nbsp;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
14/09/2020.&nbsp; In a short Ruling, the
learned trial judge has held:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “By Court:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The application for injunction filed on the 27th
of May 2020 is hereby refused.&nbsp; The
defendant/respondent is to sign an under-taking before the 21st of
September 2020.” <o:p></o:p>See: p 73A of the record of appeal [roa].<o:p></o:p>The ruling was given against the backdrop of a
motion on notice for an order of interlocutory injunction filed against the
defendant which motion, together with its supporting affidavit,
annexures/exhibits as well as statement of case, was filed with the lower court
on 12/12/2019.&nbsp; And that appears on pp 17
- 24 [roa].&nbsp; A supplementary
affidavit was subsequently filed on 27/03/2020.&nbsp;
See: pp 46-73 [roa]. &nbsp;An
affidavit in opposition to challenge the application was also filed 08/07/2020
including Counsel’s statement of case and which also appears on pp
27-42 [roa].&nbsp; 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;
<o:p></o:p>Per a notice of an interlocutory appeal filed with
this court on 05/10/2020 as appearing on pp 74-75 [roa], the
plaintiff/appellant stated the grounds of the appeal as follows:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The decision
to refuse the injunction application has no basis in law.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Further grounds of appeal will
be filed on receipt of the Ruling of the court.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On record, no further grounds of appeal were filed.
In this appeal, the plaintiff/appellant shall simply be referred to as the
appellant and the defendant/respondent, the respondent.<o:p></o:p>Brief facts:<o:p></o:p>The case involves the estate of Lt Col. [rtd] John
Kwame Koomson who died testate on 10/01/2018.&nbsp;
He was survived by seven [7] children including the respondent. The
appellant is a brother to the deceased; his customary successor and one of the
Executors appointed by the Last Testament and Will of the Testator, Lt Col</main>