PAUL HARSANYI vs. ABIGAIL ESI MOORE HARSANYI [2009]DLCA4951

Date	2009-07-23
Suit No.	SUIT NO.H1/86./08
Citation No.	[2009]DLCA4951

S. GBADEGBE JSC PRESIDING

YAW APPAU J.A

IRISMAY BROWN J.A

MR. F. FAIDOO FOR PETITIONER/APPELLANT

MR. ERIC ASUMAN-ADU FOR RESPT/RESPONDENT

[2009]DLCA4951
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PAUL HARSANYI<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ABIGAIL ESI MOORE HARSANYI<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
F. FAIDOO FOR PETITIONER/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>S.
GBADEGBE JSC&nbsp;&nbsp; PRESIDING, YAW APPAU J.A,
IRISMAY BROWN J.A<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>IRISMAY BROWN J.A:-<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>RELIEF
SOUGHT<o:p></o:p>The
Petitioner/Appellant seeks a reversal of the judgment of the Circuit Court,
Takoradi, which awarded a lump sum payment of ¢100 million and an uncompleted building
in favour of the Respondent.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
parties on 9th May 2006 married and thereafter co habited in
Takoradi. There were no children to the marriage although the Petitioner, a
German national, now domiciled in Ghana, has two issues from his previous
marriage. Precisely one year after the wedding the appellant by special leave
filed for divorce claiming irreconcilable differences, violent attacks and lack
of fidelity on the part of the Respondent. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
respondent agreed the marriage had broken down and did not contest the petition
for a divorce. She however blamed the petitioners excessive drinking, violent
outbursts, unreasonable demand for sex, and his jealousy as the cause for the
breakdown. By an amendment to her answer she claimed she was on the threshold
of finishing her hospitality course and to qualify as a hotelier in Accra when
she was made to interrupt her studies to relocate to Takoradi because of the
marriage. She admitted she had stayed with petitioner for less than 2 years.<o:p></o:p>She
cross-petitioned for the following ancillary reliefs.<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
lump sum of €100,000.00 or its equivalent in cedis.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One
plot of land (with an uncompleted building thereon) owned by petitioner<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; V.W.
Passat saloon vehicle<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Warehouse/shop
for second-hand clothing<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
interim payment of ¢6million.<o:p></o:p>She
was claiming the landed property because she had used the income </main>