NUMO KWASI AHWA VS FLORENCE CUDJOE

Before the High Court, Justice Nicholas M. C. Abodakpi addressed procedural and substitution issues arising in an ongoing suit concerning title to land. Following the death of the original plaintiff, the applicant, NUMO EMMANUELWILSON KOFI ALIMOH, moved to be substituted as the proper party. He simultaneously requested a correction to his motion paper so it accurately reflected his status. The court noted counsel’s reliance on Order 4 Rule 6(2) of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I. 47), and applied Order 16 Rule 9 to determine whether the cause of action survived. Concluding that a land title claim survives the plaintiff’s death, the court granted both the correction and the substitution, and adjourned the case sine die.