KAMARU JAJI vs. PAUL BOATENG [2022]DLSC11669

Date	2022-04-06
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/68/2021
Citation No.	[2022]DLSC11669

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

PROF. KOTEY JSC

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

SIMON OKYERE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

LONGIDINUS CHINEDU ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT.

[2022]DLSC11669
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KAMARU
JAJI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PAUL
BOATENG<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, 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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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/68/2021&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; DATE: 6TH APRIL, 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>SIMON OKYERE ESQ. FOR THE
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>LONGIDINUS CHINEDU ESQ. FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/<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;">

RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>DOTSE JSC
(PRESIDING), PROF. KOTEY JSC, OWUSU (MS.) JSC, TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC, PROF.
MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC<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;DOTSE JSC:-<o:p></o:p>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>On the 16th of March 2022, this court
by a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal filed by the
Defendant/Appellant/Appellant hereafter referred to as the Defendant, against
the decision of the Court of Appeal dated 23rd July 2020 which
affirmed an earlier trial High Court decision dated 9th October
2019, in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent, hereafter referred to
as the Plaintiff. We reserved our reasons for the said unanimous decision and
and we proceed to proffer the reasons as follows:-<o:p></o:p>In view of the complexities of the facts which
have led to the appeal, we have decided to set out in very clear details, the
evolution of the facts in the instant appeal from the High Court, through the
Court of Appeal to this court. It is also considered worthwhile to set out with
clarity the facts of a related suit which commenced in the District Court,
Kaneshie, Accra, Suit No. A2/21/11 intitutled Rosemary Onipayede – Plaintiff v Faustina Sakyi
&amp; Anr – Defendants.<o:p></o:p>The 1st Defendant named supra is the
wife of the Defendant herein.<o:p></o:p>PREAMBLE<o:p></o:p>The property at the center of this appeal for
which the parties have litigated from the High Court all the way to the Supreme
Court is described as H/No DF 17 Race Course, near Lapaz, Accra. This property
was purchased by the Plaintiff hereinat a public auction where the property was
being sold in satisfaction of a debt owed by the wife of the Defendant herein.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff was declared the highest bidder and
upon the payment of GH¢ 65,000.00 was issued with a Certificate of Purchase on
the 8th of January 2013, which was duly signed by a Judicial Officer
and numbered J.S 7525900.<o:p></o:p>In March 2015, the Plaintiff was served with a
Writ of possession from the High Court requesting him to vacate the purchased
property on the grounds that the property belongsto Defendant.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff petitioned the Office of the Chief
Justice concerning the matters arising after the judicial sale of the property.On
13th August 2015, the Judicial Secretary in response to his petition,stated
thatinvestigations revealed that hehas been lawfully placed in possession of
the purchased property. The Judicial Secretary advised the Plaintiff to seek
redress through legal proceedings to vindicate his title to the property.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff therefore caused a writ of summons
to be issued against the Defendant and also filed an application for injunction
in the matter. The High Court at the conclusion of the entire proceedings gave
judgment for the Plaintiff which decision was further affirmed by the Court of
Appeal hence this appeal to the apex court.<o:p></o:p>PROCEDURAL HISTORY<o:p></o:p>As we stated in the introduction, for a proper
understanding of the facts of this case, we must start the rendition of the
facts from the District Court case which gave birth to the suit in the instant
appeal.<o:p></o:p>District
Court <o:p></o:p><a name="_Hlk97426618">