SETH WELBECK V. KWABENA ACHEAMPONG, DIANA NYARKO & VICTORIA MENSAH
(2024) JELR 112305 (SC)
Supreme Court
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/71/2023
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10 Jul 2024
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Ghana
Coram
LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC (PRESIDING)
I.O. TANKO AMADU JSC
E. YONNY KULENDI JSC
B. F. ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC
R. ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC
Appearances
O. K. OSAFO-BUABENG ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.
DOMINIC BRENYA-OTCHERE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS/RESPONDENTS.
Judgement
<p style="text-align: center"><strong><u>JUDGMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>AMADU JSC:</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>BACKGROUND </u></strong></p><ol><li><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>This appeal is from the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 10th December 2021, wherein the Plaintiff/ Respondent/Appellant (hereinafter referred to as “the Plaintiff”) has assailed the judgment of the Court of Appeal which not only reversed the judgment of the Trial High Court, Land Division Accra dated 14th February 2020 in favour of the Defendants/Appellants/ Respondents (hereinafter referred to as the Defendants). The Court of Appeal then proceeded to grant relief to the Defendants by way of counterclaim in the following words; “The judgment of the Lower Court is hereby set aside and judgment entered in favour of the Appellants on the 3rd Appellant’s counterclaim”.</em></strong></p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>From the issues provoked by the grounds of appeal formulated and set out in the notice of appeal, and for a better appreciation of the propriety or otherwise of the final orders of the Court of Appeal it is necessary to recount in detail the factual background and procedural history giving…</strong></p></li></ol>