QUARTEY vs. ARMAR [1971]DLHC2147

Date	1971-05-27
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1971]DLHC2147

EDUSEI J

M. A. METTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF. J. K.

AHENKORAH FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[1971]DLHC2147
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >QUARTEY <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>ARMAR <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT,
ACCRA]<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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[1971] 2 GLR 231<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
27 MAY 1971.<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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M. A. METTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF. J. K.<o:p></o:p>

AHENKORAH 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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EDUSEI J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF EDUSEI J.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff and the defendant who were both Ghanaians, were married in Edinburgh,
Scotland, in March 1950. The marriage was dissolved in April 1966 by the Kumasi
High Court, and the defendant was the petitioner. The appeal by the plaintiff
against the judgment of the Kumasi High Court was dismissed by the Court of
Appeal in April 1969.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>When the
marriage between the plaintiff and the defendant was dissolved in April 1966,
the plaintiff mounted this action on 8 December 1966 claiming:<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">(a) a declaration that the
plaintiff, Miss Juliana Charlotte Quartey, formerly Mrs. Armar, is the sole
beneficial owner of the property known as house No. C.867/3 Adabraka
(hereinafter referred to as “the Adabraka house”) and the property known as
house No. B.777/14 Abossey Okai (hereinafter referred to as “the Abossey Okai
house”);<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">(b) an order that the defendant
do deliver up to the plaintiff the original deed of conveyance executed on 27
December 1962 and relating to the Adabraka house;<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">(c) an injunction restraining the
defendant from holding himself out as the owner of both the Adabraka and the
Abossey Okai houses, and<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">(d) an account of all moneys
received by the defendant in respect of the Adabraka house and an order for the
payment to the plaintiff of the amount found due to her.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff in her statement of claim stated categorically that she purchased the
two houses in question. The Abossey Okai house, an estate house, is in the
plaintiff’s married name, whilst the conveyance of the Adabraka house is in the
plaintiff’s maiden name.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
defendant in his amended statement of defence has denied the plaintiff’s claim
and has stated that he purchased the two houses in the name of the plaintiff on
the understanding that she should hold them as his property. The defendant
therefore has counterclaimed for a declaration that the plaintiff holds the
Abossey Okai and the Adabraka houses as trustee for him. The substance of the
plaintiff’s claim is that she provided the purchase money for both houses, and therefore
she is the beneficial owner. The defendant on the other hand is saying that he
provided the purchase money for both houses but put them in the name of the
plaintiff who was to hold them as trustee for him.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I think
it is necessary at the outset to make the position clear by saying that the
plaintiff’s claim is not founded on the equitable doctrine of advancement, i.e.
she is not saying that the defendant purchased the two houses, and intending to
make a gift of them to her, put them in her name. Her claim is that she herself
provided the purchase money for the houses and therefore claims them as the
beneficial owner.<o:p></o:p>