GODZI AND ANOTHER vs. LARYEA AND OTHERS

ADJABENG JA. The appellant, Tawiah Tsuru Afote Godzi, and the respondents are the children of Numo Tawiah Tsuru. Their mother is Madam Naa Mawuna. Numo Tawiah Tsuru, now deceased, was a fisherman of Nungua. Because of the assistance his said children gave him in his fishing venture, Numo Tawiah Tsuru decided to build a house for them. And in order to make it exclusive to them, and to ensure that his other children with another woman would not claim any interest in this house, the said Numo Tawiah Tsuru decided that the documents on the house should be made in the name of the appellant who is the eldest among these children. After the death of the said deceased father, the rooms in the house were shared among the respondents and the appellant who exercised acts of ownership over their respective rooms. Later, however, the appellant, taking advantage of the fact that the documents on the house were in his name, claimed that the house was his own self-acquired property. He put his son, wh...