SYSBEN SHADRAWY vs. NANA BOATEMAA OWUSU & ANOR

GBADEGBE, JA A prominent Ghanaian that is conveniently in this delivery referred to as O left the shores of Ghana for England where he lived until his death. The facts givingsic rise to the action herein that were tried by an Accra High Court arise out of his occupation of a flat that from the admitted evidence was let to him by the plaintiff in Putney, London. The relevant facts on which the action turns may be stated as follows. Whiles in occupation of the premises, O fell into arrears and when after several demands made on him by his landlady, the plaintiff herein, he was unable to settle the rent arrears he is alleged to have made a document, exhibit A by which he gave to the plaintiff his property situate in a first class residential area in Accra commonly known as Rangoon Close in satisfaction of the said arrears and future rents. That document was immediately followed by exhibit B that was expressed in similar terms. The total of the amount in respect of which financial provis...