OPPONG vs. OPPONG

JUDGMENT OF AMPIAH J. A. The plaintiff and the defendant were married customarily in 1959. In 1973 they converted their said marriage into an Ordinance marriage. Both are Ghanaians. They lived in Accra. After the 1973 marriage, the plaintiff left for London where he was joined in 1974 by the defendant. There were eight issues of the marriage, five of whom are still living. According to the plaintiff, in 1966 he purchased house No. V. 49, Community 4, Tema then a rental unit from one Larbi and put it in the name of the defendant. The plaintiff came down from London in 1980. In 1987 or thereabout, the defendant sought and obtained a dissolution of their marriage in London. She also obtained an order from the Edmonton County Court transferring their matrimonial house No. 57, North Grove, Tottenham, London, No. 15 to her. She then sought to eject the plaintiff from house No. V 49, Community 4, Tema claiming that the property belonged to her. Wherefore the plaintiff claimed at the Circuit ...