SUGAR HILL LIMITED (FORMERLY SUGAR HILL HOTEL COMLEX) AND 2ND GENERATION SCHOOL LTD. vs MRS. APPIAH DWOMOH & 6 ORS AND VERY REV. (RTD) ALBERT KWASI MENSAH (SUBST. BRIGHT KWAME OWUSU @ KWAME OPOKU) vs SUSSUANA EDITH FURGUSON MENSAH & 2 ORS [2023]DLCA16185

SUGAR HILL LIMITED (FORMERLY SUGAR HILL HOTEL COMLEX) AND 2ND GENERATION SCHOOL... [2023]DLCA16185

Date	2023-07-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/36/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA16185

G. S. SUURBAAREH J.A. (PRESIDING)

ERIC BAAH J.

C.E. EKOW BAIDEN J.A

JAMES MARSHALL BELIEB

ANGELINA AWA

[2023]DLCA16185
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" > SUGAR HILL LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(FORMERLY SUGAR HILL
HOTEL<o:p></o:p>COMLEX) AND 2ND
GENERATION SCHOOL LTD.<o:p></o:p>(PLTS./RESPS./CROSS-APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>MRS. APPIAH DWOMOH &amp; 6
ORS<o:p></o:p>DEFS./APELLANTS/CROSS-RESPS.<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>VERY REV. (RTD) ALBERT
KWASI MENSAH<o:p></o:p>(SUBST. BRIGHT KWAME OWUSU
@ KWAME OPOKU)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SUSSUANA EDITH FURGUSON
MENSAH &amp; 2 ORS&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT
OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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;">

CIVIL
APPEAL NO. H1/36/2023&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;DATED: 27TH JULY, 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JAMES
MARSHALL BELIEB FOR DEFS/APPELLANTS/CROSS-RESPONDENTS IN THE 1ST
SUIT AND PLT./APPELLANT IN THE 2ND SUIT.<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;">

ANGELINA
AWA FOR THE PLT/RESP/CROSS-APPELLANTS IN THE 1ST SUIT AND DEF/RESP
IN THE 2ND SUIT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>G. S. SUURBAAREH J.A.
(PRESIDING)<o:p></o:p>ERIC BAAH, J.<o:p></o:p>C.E.&nbsp; EKOW BAIDEN, 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 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>SUURBAAREH, JA<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, in the above consolidated
suits, dated 18th May, 2020. At the time of the delivery of the
judgment, the trial Judge had been promoted to the Court of Appeal, and thus
delivered the judgment as an additional judge of the High Court. <o:p></o:p>The
facts giving rise to the consolidated suits resulting in the instant appeal,
were ignited soon after the death of one George Padmore Mensah, also known as
Kwadwo Boadi, who was a member of the Abadze/Aduana Abusua of Cape
Coast/Kumasi. The Plaintiffs/Respondents/Cross-Appellants in the first suit, on
4th April, 2003, issued out a writ against the
Defendants/Appellants, claiming an order of injunction restraining them and
persons claiming by or through them from interfering with the operations of the
Plaintiffs/Respondents/Cross-Appellants Companies; and, an order to compel
Defendants/Appellants to return/restore to the premises of the
Plaintiffs/Respondents/Cross-Appellants Companies any property taken away; and,
any relief(s) deemed fit. The suit number was LS/92/2003.<o:p></o:p>The
suit was amended on 9th December, 2003 at page 70 of Volume 1 of the
record of appeal, whereupon a relief for an order of accounts was added.<o:p></o:p>The
writ in the second consolidated suit was issued on 9th June, 2003,
as Suit No. LS/145/2003. In this suit, the Plaintiff therein, suing on behalf
of the Ntwaa Adadze (sic) Eduana family of Kumasi and Cape Coast, sought
against the defendants therein, the following reliefs at page 134, Volume 1 of
the record of appeal:<o:p></o:p>“(a). a declaration that property
Nos. 45 and 46 Block ‘B’, Adiembra &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fankyenebra,
Kumasi or variously described as 45 &amp; 46 Block &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ‘B’, TUC Estate, Kumasi with structures thereon, are the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; family properties of the plaintiff
and not the self-acquired &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; property of
the late George Padmore Mensah.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;
(b).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a declaration that property
H/No. Plot 28 Block ‘K’, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fankyenebra,
Kumasi, with structures thereon is the family &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; property
of plaintiff and not the self-acquired property of the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; late George Padmore Mensah.<o:p></main>