THOMAS BAIDEN AND FRANK WALLACE vs. FRANCIS PARKER [2023]DLSC15009

Date	2023-02-01
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/58/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC15009

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

KULENDI JSC

CONSTANTINE K. M. KUDZEDZI ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS.

JOHN MERCER ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

[2023]DLSC15009
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THOMAS
BAIDEN AND FRANK WALLACE <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>FRANCIS PARKER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPLLEANT)<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;">

CIVIL
APPEAL NO. J4/58/2022&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:
1ST&nbsp;FEBRUARY 2023&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL <o:p></o:p>CONSTANTINE K. M. KUDZEDZI ESQ.
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS. <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;">

JOHN MERCER ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>DOTSE
JSC (PRESIDING), OWUSU (MS.) JSC, LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC, PROF. MENSA-BONSU
(MRS.) JSC, KULENDI JSC <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;PROLOGUE<o:p></o:p>DOTSE
JSC:- Thomas Paine,
writing on the topic common sense on George 111’s speech in 1792, stated as
follows<o:p></o:p>“How easy it is to base truth and language, when men, by habitual
wickedness, have learned to set justice at defiance.” Quotable Founding
Fathers, page 133 Ed. By Buckner F. Melton Jn.<o:p></o:p>Before the Plaintiffs/Respondents/Respondents, hereafter
referred to as the Plaintiffs in this delivery issued the writ against the
Defendant, they took a certain step. These are the instructions given to their
Solicitors, Cann, Quashie &amp; Co, to write a letter dated 12th
June, 2019 to the Defendant/Appellant/Appellant, hereafter Defendant This
letter has been tendered in these proceedings as Exhibit D, and it reads as
follows:-<o:p></o:p>“Mr. Parker<o:p></o:p>Chapel Hill Goil Filling Station <o:p></o:p>Axim Road<o:p></o:p>Takoradi<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Dear Sir, <o:p></o:p>Vacation
of Access Road to Plot No. 16 Chapel Hill Axim Road Takoradi<o:p></o:p>We write on the instructions of Mr. Thomas Kwesi
Baiden (deceased) owner of plot No. 16 Chapel Hill, Axim Road, Takoradi as
epitomized by his personal representatives Frank Wallace and Thomas Baiden, all
of House on Plot No. 16, Chapel Hill, Axim Road, Takoradi.<o:p></o:p>Our instructions are that you have established a
Car Washing Bay on the entrance of the access road leading to our client’s
property.<o:p></o:p>We are further informed that you agreed to remove
the said Washing Bay any time our client requires the use of the access road.<o:p></o:p>Consequently, we shall be grateful if you remove
the said Washing Bay within one month from the access road as our clients now
require the access road for their egress and ingress into the said property.<o:p></o:p>Counting on your co-operation and prompt action.<o:p></o:p>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p</main>