KHARTEY vs. KASA DISTILLERIES LTD. [1987]DLHC2264

Date	1987-07-07
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1987]DLHC2264

AMPIAH J.A.

J. K. AGYEMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

T. E. K. AMESIMEKU FOR THE DEFENDANT-COMPANY.

[1987]DLHC2264
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KHARTEY<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KASA
DISTILLERIES LTD.<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[1991] 2
GLR 73<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>J. K.
AGYEMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">

T. E. K.
AMESIMEKU FOR THE DEFENDANT-COMPANY. <o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGMENT
OF AMPIAH J. A.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff by his writ of summons claims from the defendant-company:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(a).&nbsp; “Delivery by the defendants to the
plaintiff of his walled piece or parcel of land situate and lying at Teshie in
the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana and more particularly
described in the statement of claim attached hereto for the reason that the
plaintiff requires same for development for the use of himself and his family,
proper notice to determine the agreement for the defendants’ occupation of the
said land having been given by the plaintiff to the defendants. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b).&nbsp; Payment of mesne profits from the
defendants to the plaintiff from 1 June 1984 to the date of delivery up of
possession of the said walled piece or parcel of land by the defendants to the
plaintiff. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(c).&nbsp; ¢100,000 damages for breaches of
covenant as specified in the attached statement of claim.”<o:p></o:p>The
defendant-company denies the plaintiff’s claim and counterclaims for:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ¢10 million being the current value of
the structures erected on the land with the consent and permission of the
plaintiff. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ¢300,000 being general damages for
breach of both oral and written agreements entered into by the defendants with
the plaintiff in or about 1979.”<o:p></o:p>The
issues which arose from the pleadings for determination were set down
exhaustively in the summons for directions and additional issues agreed upon
for trial. I intend to dispose of these issues in the order in which they were
set down.<o:p></o:p>Issue
(a): Whether or not the plaintiff granted a tenancy of his land, to the
defendants for two years in the first instance and renewed for another two
years and thereafter for one year expiring on 31 March 1984? The ownership of
the property is not in dispute. The evidence from both sides shows that
sometime in May 1979, the plaintiff entered into a tenancy agreement with the
defendant-company for a period of two years with an option to renew for a
further two years. The rent was ¢450 per month. The agreement was evidenced in
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