LARYEA MARTEYE AND MOHAMMED TAHIRU vs. ABUBAKARI MOHAMMED AND JAMIL IDDRISS [2023]DLSC16994

Date	2023-11-08
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/31/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC16994

PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

ASIEDU JSC

GAEWU JSC

RAYMOND BAGNABU ESQ

CYNTHIA BOATENG

LINDA KUMBUNO

RICHARD KWAME AMETEFE.

ALIDU MOHAMMED ESQ

[2023]DLSC16994
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">LARYEA
MARTEYE AND MOHAMMED TAHIRU&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></a><span style="font-size:
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color:#00B0F0">ABUBAKARI MOHAMMED AND JAMIL IDDRISS<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/31/2023&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;DATE:8TH
NOVEMBER 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>RAYMOND BAGNABU ESQ.
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS WITH HIM CYNTHIA BOATENG, LINDA
KUMBUNO AND RICHARD KWAME AMETEFE.<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;">

ALIDU MOHAMMED ESQ.
FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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(PRESIDING)<o:p></o:p>OWUSU (MS.)
JSC<o:p></o:p>PROF.
MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC<o:p></o:p>ASIEDU JSC<o:p></o:p>GAEWU JSC<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>GAEWU JSC;<o:p></o:p>My Lords, this appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal
dated 15th December 2022 wherein the Court of Appeal affirmed the
judgment of the High Court (Land Division), Accra, dated 30th July
2019 dismissing the Plaintiffs/Appellants/Appellants claims endorsed on their
Writ of Summons initiating an action against the defendants. Dissatisfied with
the decision, the Plaintiffs/Appellants/Appellants filed a Notice of Appeal in
this Court on 11th January 2023 on ground&nbsp;&nbsp; contained therein seeking&nbsp; to set aside the judgments of the High Court
dated 30th July 2019 and the Court of Appeal judgment dated 15th
December 2022 and for judgment to be entered for the Appellants. <o:p></o:p>The proceedings in this case emanated from an earlier case which
involved the parties herein. In the circumstances, the use of the description
of the parties in this appeal as ‘Plaintiffs’ and ‘Defendants’ can be
misleading as to whether the reference is to the first case or this present
case. <o:p></o:p>Therefore, in order to avoid the confusion, we shall in this judgment
refer to the parties by their personal names in the following manner; 1st
Plaintiff/Appellant/ Appellant shall be ‘Marteye”, the 2nd
Plaintiff/Appellant/Appellant shall be ‘Tahiru’. The 1st
Defendant/Respondent/Respondent shall be ‘Abubakari’, whilst the 2nd
Defendant shall simply be “Jamil”.<o:p></o:p>The background to this present case is that, on 13th June
2016, the High Court (Land Division), Accra delivered judgment in favour of
Abubakari and against Jamil in Suit No. FAL/800/2015 intituled Abubakari
Mohammed v. Jamil Iddriss for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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