DONKOR vs. DZOKOTO

FORSTER JA. The plaintiff-respondent, Margaret Abui Dzokoto, (hereinafter called “the plaintiff”) is the owner of House No F353/4, Labadi. The defendant-appellant (hereinafter called “the defendant”) is the tenant. The plaintiff issued against the defendant a writ endorsed claiming an order for ejectment of the defendant from the said house and recovery of possession on the ground that the plaintiff needed it for occupation as a dwelling house by members of her family. To the writ was attached a statement of claim. In her statement of claim the plaintiff averred, inter alia, that: “(2) By a lease agreement dated 1st July 1988 the plaintiff demised the said house to the defendant for a period of 2 years with no option to renew… (5) Plaintiff says that after the expiration of the said two years she gave the defendant three additional months to quit the said premises but the defendant refused to quit after repeated demands.” The defendant resisted the claims and counter...