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MUSTAPHA KOLNABA
V.
SAMUEL DOKU AND MADAM PATIENCE DOKU

(2012) JELR 64220 (CA)

Court of Appeal 10 May 2012 Ghana
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- The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, as the appellant failed to obtain leave to appeal the interlocutory order per s.11(5) of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459); thus, the notice of appeal was a nullity. - The Co

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/4/12
Judges:KANYOKE J.A. (PRESIDING), OFOE J.A., ADJEI J.A.
Counsel:MR. SAM KYERE FOR APPLICANT/APPELLANT ,MR. MOHAMMED ATTAH FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

KANYOKE, J.A.

This appeal which has emanated from the ruling of the Circuit Judge at Ashaiman Circuit Court reveals a clear case of a fraudulent breach of trust resulting in an unfortunate and a very serious and damaging miscarriage of justice to the applicant/appellant herein. For the purposes of this judgment, I shall retain the positions of the plaintiff/respondent and defendant/ respondent as plaintiff and defendant respectively. The applicant /appellant will also be referred to simply as the appellant.

The facts of this case as contained in the Record of Appeal (ROA) are these:

The appellant and the defendant are relatives; being a sister and a brother respectively. The appellant who was originally living at Ashaiman, acquired a house there in which she and the defendant lived. Later, the appellant became the queen mother of her town — Asutsuare, so she had to move to Asutsuare to live there and therefore handed over the house to her brother the defendant as a caretaker. Subsequent…

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