[2013]DLCA8074June 6, 2013Court of Appeal

RICHMOND BOAMAH-BARIMA vs. ALBERT NANOR, JANET OPOKU AND PASTOR DAN CATO

OFOE,J.A.: We will continue to describe the parties as plaintiff and defendants as they were in the trial court. The respondent would be referred to as the plaintiff and the appellants as defendants. The case relates more to the 2nd defendant than the first defendant. The facts of this case can be summarized as follows: The plaintiff and 2nd defendant, Janet Opoku, were a wife and husband from 1987 to 2007 when they divorced. There are two children of the marriage. The plaintiff worked with the Cocoa Marketing Company from 1981 to 2003. It is not too clear from the records what work the wife was doing at this time but her case was that she lived in Germany from 1993 to 1998. Sometime early in 2003 the couple found themselves in the United States of America after winning a U.S Visa Raffle. Even though the 2nd defendant, Janet Opoku, claimed she won the raffle the evidence is clear that the raffle was won by the husband i.e. the plaintiff. There is this property documented by an inde...