[1987]DLHC2264 • July 7, 1987 • High Court
KHARTEY vs. KASA DISTILLERIES LTD.
The plaintiff, owner of land at Teshie, Greater Accra, leased the land to the defendant company under a tenancy agreement starting May 1979 for two years with an option to renew for two more years. The defendant erected structures on the land with the plaintiff's consent, which were agreed to be temporary. The tenancy expired in May 1983, but the defendant remained on the land. The plaintiff sought possession, mesne profits, and damages for breach of covenant. The defendant denied the claims and counterclaimed for the value of structures and damages for breach of agreements.
read moreThe plaintiff by his writ of summons claims from the defendant-company: (a). “Delivery by the defendants to the plaintiff of his walled piece or parcel of land situate and lying at Teshie in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana and more particularly described in the statement of claim attached hereto for the reason that the plaintiff requires same for development for the use of himself and his family, proper notice to determine the agreement for the defendants’ occupation of the said land having been given by the plaintiff to the defendants. (b). Payment of mesne profits from the defendants to the plaintiff from 1 June 1984 to the date of delivery up of possession of the said walled piece or parcel of land by the defendants to the plaintiff. (c). ¢100,000 damages for breaches of covenant as specified in the attached statement of claim.” The defendant-company denies the plaintiff’s claim and counterclaims for: (a) ¢10 million being the current value of the ...