KWADWO OPOKU AND ANOTHER vs. ERIC KOFI BOATENG

By this action, the Plaintiffs seek the following reliefs against the Defendant: a) Recovery of the land as well as the building thereon known as house No. Block 39, Plot 1, Ahodwo, Kumasi. b) An order from this Honorable court directing the Defendant to render accounts on the said property. c) General damages for the breach of the lease agreement of 18th August 1999. d) Costs including lawyer’s fees. The facts which gave rise to this suit are narrated below: Sometime in August, 1999, the Plaintiffs together with one Abusuapanin Yaw Adu (now deceased) entered into an agreement with the Defendant for the latter to build a three storey building on an undeveloped portion of land known as house No. Block 39 Plot 1. The agreement stipulated that the Defendant would use a period of two (2) years to complete the structure. Also, it was a term of the agreement that the Defendant upon completion of the ground floor of the property would rent same out and use part of the proceeds to spo.....