THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PENTECOSTAL CHRIST IS THE ANSWER CHURCH
V.
MR. BENJAMIN OTWEY & SIX OTHERS

(2011) JELR 66102 (CA)

Court of Appeal 25 Nov 2011 Ghana
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- This is an appeal against the ruling of the Sunyani High Court which refused to grant an order of interim injunction brought by the appellant against the respondents. - The appellant is a Christian denominational church registered under t

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/43/2011
Judges:MARIAMA OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING), F.G. KORBIEH J.A., IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.

F.G. KORBIEH, J.A.

This is an appeal against the ruling of the Sunyani High Court presided over by Beresford Acquah, J which refused to grant an order of interim injunction brought by the plaintiff/applicant (hereinafter referred to as the appellant) against the defendants/respondents (hereinafter referred to as the respondents). The brief facts of the case leading to this appeal are as follows. The appellant is a Christian denominational church registered under the laws of Ghana as a company limited by guarantee. The respondents are self-confessed break-away members of the appellant/church. On the 11/1/2010 the appellant issued a writ of summons against the respondents on which were endorsed the following reliefs:

a) A declaration that building Plot No. 6, Block P, Drobo, with a church building thereon, is the property of the appellant/church.

b) A declaration that by breaking away from the appellant’s ministry or church to form a rival body/church, the respondents had, by operation of …

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