MRS. RAYMOND CHINTOH vs. LA FAROGOULE LIMITED

IRENE C DANQUAH JA This is a combined appeal emanating from an interlocutory decision of the High Court, Accra dated 24th April, 2009 and the substantive judgment dated 30th April, 2009. In the interlocutory decision, the court refused an application for joinder and an amendment of the writ of summons of the plaintiff (appellant). In the final judgment, the court dismissed the entire claims of the plaintiff and awarded cost of GH¢1,000.00 against her. For a better appreciation of this appeal, it is pertinent to give a brief fact of the case. The plaintiff, per her lawful attorney, caused a writ of summons to be issued claiming against the defendant company the following reliefs: "1. An order for ejectment and recovery of possession of H/No. 43 Ringway Estate, Accra. 2. Payment of arrears of rent plus interest. 3. Mesne profit. 4. Damages for breach of covenant." The plaintiff pleaded in her statement of claim that on 1st September, 2003, she entered into a tenancy agreeme....