NUUMO NYAKOMLE (DECEASED) & 7ORS. vs. NII TETTEH ASHONG [2024]DLSC17458

Date	2024-02-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/27/2023
Citation No.	[2024]DLSC17458

SACKEY TORKORNOO (MRS.) CJ (PRESIDING)

AMADU JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

KULENDI JSC

ASIEDU JSC

EMMANUEL ARTHUR ESQ.

CHARLES HAYIBOR ESQ.

RANDY BRAFO.

[2024]DLSC17458
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<a name="_Hlk161040248"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143"><span style="font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">NUUMO
NYAKOMLE (DECEASED) &amp; 7ORS.<o:p></o:p></a>

(DEFENDANT)<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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CIVIL
APPEAL NO. J4/27/2023&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 28TH &nbsp;FEBRUARY, 2024<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">EMMANUEL ARTHUR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ESQ.&nbsp;&nbsp; FOR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/ APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">CHARLES HAYIBOR ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/
RESPONDENT WITH HIM, RANDY BRAFO.<o:p></o:p>

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SACKEY TORKORNOO (MRS.) CJ
(PRESIDING) <o:p></o:p>

AMADU JSC<o:p></o:p>

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC <o:p></o:p>

KULENDI JSC<o:p></o:p>

ASIEDU JSC<o:p></o:p>

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AMADU JSC:<o:p></o:p>

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INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>

(1 )&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The key legal question
for determination in the instant appeal is whether the<o:p></o:p>

Trial High Court Tema had
jurisdiction to adjudicate over the matter brought before it. For the
Respondent, the action commenced by the Appellants was a cause or matter affecting chieftaincy, hence, the trial court
was bereft of jurisdiction.
The Appellants have contested this assertion, contending that, since a Chief
Fisherman is not a chief properly so-called, their action is not a cause or
matter affecting chieftaincy. In this appeal, we shall introspect these varying
legal contentions and examine the interrogatory whether the Court of Appeal was right in setting aside the judgment
of the Trial Court on the ground that the Appellants’ action is “a
cause or matter affecting chieftaincy”.<o:p></o:p>

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BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p>

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