[2023]DLCA16032 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">ABUSUAPANIN KWASI NKRUMAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:center 241.0pt left 434.25pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(</span></i><i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US">)</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">vs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">KOFI SARFO ALIAS MORO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(</span></i><i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">[</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COURT OF APPEAL</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">, KUMASI}<o:p></o:p></span></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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 22.45pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CIVIL<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>APPEAL<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>NO.:<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt">H1/61/2022</span></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:107%"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:107%;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DATE:<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>4<sup>TH</sup><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>MAY,<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">COUNSEL:</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Daniel<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>B.<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Bewel<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 16.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing: -.1pt">CORAM:</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:100%"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MENSAH-DATSA<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>(MRS.) <span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>JA<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>(PRESIDING), AMALEBOBA (MRS) JA</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:100%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">, </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">BAIDEN<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>C.<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>E.<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>E.</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:100%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:100%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">JA</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:15.85pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.85pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.2pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:7.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MENSAH-DATSA,<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">JA.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin: 0.3pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:6.7pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This is an appeal by the Plaintiff/Appellant (hereinafter referred to as Appellant) against the judgment of the Circuit Court, Nkawie, Ashanti dated 25<sup>th</sup> February, 2021 in favour of the Defendant/Respondent (hereinafter referred to as <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Respondent).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:7.95pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>grounds<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>appeal<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> follows:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-top: 10.5pt; text-indent: -18.05pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>judgment<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>weight<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>evidence<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>adduced<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">trial.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-right: 7.3pt; line-height: 113%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:113%">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:113%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Additional grounds of appeal to be filed upon receipt of a copy of the record of proceedings of the Honourable Court.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin: 8.2pt 223.3pt 0.0001pt 7pt; line-height: 165%;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:165%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">No<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>additional<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>ground<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>