TACKIE vs. BAROUDI [1976]DLCA9294

Date	1976-06-14
Suit No.	[1977] 1 GLR 36
Citation No.	[1976]DLCA9294

AZU CRABBE C.J.

LASSEY J.A

FRANCOIS J.A.

MISS A. A. AYISI FOR THE APPELLANT.

J. C. ARMAH FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[1976]DLCA9294
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[1977] 1 GLR 36&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 14 JUNE 1976<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MISS A. A. AYISI FOR
THE APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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J. C. ARMAH FOR THE RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>AZU
CRABBE C.J., LASSEY J.A, FRANCOIS J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>JUDGMENT OF AZU
CRABBE C.J.<o:p></o:p>The
appellant and the respondent were married on 2 March 1965, and there are two
issues of this marriage. On 30 June 1972, the respondent brought divorce
proceedings in the High Court, Accra, seeking the dissolution of their marriage
on the ground that the said marriage had broken down beyond reconciliation. At
the time of these proceedings, both the appellant and the respondent lived in
house No. 1/s, 39 Community No. 1, Tema, as their matrimonial home. On 22
November 1975, Okai J. declared the marriage dissolved, but rejected the
respondent’s prayer for the custody of the children. The learned judge instead
granted the custody of the children to the appellant, and his reasons for doing
this are expressed in the following passage of his judgment:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“Suffice it to be said that the mother who is
in business has been maintaining the children. It is fair to say&nbsp; that she continued to do that. In all the
circumstances of this case, and bearing all the matters in mind [the
children’s] best interest will be served by leaving them where they are with
the mother, I have a comfortable feeling that they will be well cared for.”<o:p></o:p>The
learned judge then continued, “Let me hasten to add that the court can always
be resorted to when things change. One can readily understand the wisdom and
good sense of this approach.”<o:p></o:p>The
appellant did not appeal from the Judgment of Okai J., and it would appear that
both the appellant and the respondent, as well as the children, continued to
live together under the same roof, the matrimonial home.<o:p></o:p>Soon
after this judgment, the appellant made an application to the court for an order
to eject the respondent from the matrimonial home. The ground for the
application was that there was tension in the home and that this was likely to
affect the emotional stability of the children. The application came before
Kisseih J. who dismissed it, but who made certain pertinent observations in the
course of his ruling. The learned judge said: “The respondent has shown in his
exhibit 1 that the house was acquired by him in trust for his daughter. He is
the trustee for the daughter and not the applicant as I am being asked to
believe. Exhibit 1 is sufficiently clear and it speaks for itself.” The ruling
of Kisseih J. was tendered in evidence at the hearing of the present case by
the respondent and was marked exhibit A. The respondent in this present appeal
is obviously the same respondent referred to in Kisseih J.’s ruling.<o:p></o:p>There
was also tendered in evidence by the respondent at the court below a letter
dated 12 July 1973, from the Tema Development Corporation offering house No.
1/s, 39 Community No. 1. to the respondent for purchase. This was marked
exhibit B, and at the bottom of this letter are the following words:<o:p></o:p>“Mr.
Mohamed Baroudy In trust for Miss Sahar Akweley Baroudy,<o:p></o:p>