MILLS-LAMPTEY vs. YEBOAH [1970]DLHC2133

Date	1970-07-31
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1970]DLHC2133

ABBAN J.

I. AMOO-LAMPTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

YAW ASARE FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[1970]DLHC2133
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MILLS-LAMPTEY<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;vs. <o:p></o:p>YEBOAH<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [HIGH COURT, ACCRA]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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DATE:
31 JULY 1970.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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I.
AMOO-LAMPTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>

YAW ASARE
FOR THE DEFENDANT. <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ABBAN J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF ABBAN J.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff in this case claims from the defendant: (a) the sum of N¢200.00 being
arrears of rent as from 11 June to 1 October 1969, together with mesne profits;
(b) general damages for breach of covenant; and (c) an order for ejectment.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
undisputed facts in this case are as follows: By a lease dated 2 October 1961,
the plaintiff demised to the defendant premises known as House No. D676/4,
Jones Road, Accra. The lease excluded one room and a porch on the ground floor
of the said house which prior to the lease of 2 October 1961, the plaintiff had
already demised to Messrs. Emil J. Chahin and Khalil-Rokos Hage. The defendant
covenanted, inter alia, to pay “every month during the said term a rent of
£G20, i.e. N¢40.00 in advance on the first day of each month.” There was a
provision for re-entry in case the lessee failed to perform and to observe the
covenants in the said lease.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>There are
two clauses in the said lease which are very relevant to this action, namely,
clauses 4 (a) and 5. Clause 4 (a) reads as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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the rent hereby reserved or any part thereof shall be in arrears and unpaid for
the space of one calendar month next after the same becoming payable (whether
formally demanded or not) or if any covenant on the part of the Lessee herein
contained shall not be performed or observed then and in any of the said cases
it shall be lawful for the Lessor at any time thereafter and upon giving one
month’s notice in writing to that effect to re-enter upon the said House or any
part thereof in the name of the whole and thereupon this demise shall
absolutely cease and determine but without prejudice to the right of action in
respect of the Lessee’s covenants herein contained.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Clause 5
reads:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“Provided
always and it is hereby further agreed and declared that at the expiration of
the ten years on or about 20th day of November, 1968 when the said Emil J.
Chahin &amp; Khalil-Rokos Hage peaceably and quietly surrender the said one
Room and Porch to the Lessor, the Lessor shall automatically be deemed to have
demised the said one room and one porch to the Lessee herein in addition to the
other apartments herein before demised to him for the unexpired residue of the
term of 25 years and the Lessee shall thenceforth pay monthly and every month
the rent of twenty-one Ghana pounds (£G21).”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The lease
in question was tendered, without objection, by the plaintiff as exhibit A.
According to the plaintiff, the defendant paid his rents regularly up to the
end of May 1969. But in June 1969 when he called upon the defendant for his
rent for June 1969, the defendant refus</main>