DANIEL IDDRISU HABIB vs. MENSAH LUMORNOR, ERIC DONALDSON HLORKU AND JOHN AJORKOR [2023]DLCA15131

DANIEL IDDRISU HABIB vs. MENSAH LUMORNOR, ERIC DONALDSON HLORKU AND JOHN AJORKO... [2023]DLCA15131

Date	2023-01-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/84/2018
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA15131

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

MENSAH BRIGHT (MR) J.A.

JANAPARE A. BARTELS-KODWO (MRS.) J.A.

C. K. Coka for Defendants/Appellants

Mohammed Attah with Sussana Tettey for Plaintiff/Respondent

[2023]DLCA15131
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DANIEL IDDRISU HABIB<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MENSAH LUMORNOR, ERIC
DONALDSON HLORKU &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND JOHN AJORKOR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF 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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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NO: H1/84/2018&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: 19th
January, 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>C.
K. Coka for Defendants/Appellants<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: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: -0.25in;">

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">Mohammed Attah with Sussana Tettey for
Plaintiff/Respondent<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>WELBOURNE M. A.
(MRS) J.A (PRESIDING), MENSAH BRIGHT (MR) J.A., JANAPARE A.
BARTELS-KODWO (MRS.) 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 0in;">

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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">JUDGMENT<span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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</div>&nbsp;BARTELS-KODWO, J.A:<o:p></o:p>The 2nd Defendant/Appellant
filed this Appeal against the Interlocutory Ruling of the High Court dated 4th
June, 2019 which granted an order of joinder of himself and two others
resulting in an amended Writ of Summons. The Notice of Appeal is on page
101-102 of the Record of Appeal (ROA). The Ruling is also found at page 94-95 of
the ROA. <o:p></o:p>BRIEF
FACTS<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff/Respondent who is to be
referred to in this judgment as the Respondent, filed a Writ of Summons on 7th
May, 2018 against a single Defendant, Stephen Agbenyo for a declaration of
title to land among other reliefs thereon. This sole defendant entered
appearance by his lawyer who is the same lawyer pursuing this Appeal and filed
a statement of defence on 17-5-18 and 11-6-18 respectively, see pages 39-41 of
the ROA. The Respondent filed his Reply and filed an Application for Directions
on 28-6-18. He followed up with an Application for Interlocutory Injunction on
29-5-18 to which the sole Defendant Agbenyo filed an Affidavit in Opposition on
11-6-18, ROA pages 14-38.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>