MRS. EDITH MAMA ADU vs. S. K. ADU AND RICHARD KWAME AND SAFOSAMUEL KWAME SAFO [2010]DLHC4370

Date	2010-06-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BFA/2/07
Citation No.	[2010]DLHC4370

KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

MR. AKWASI BOSOMPEM WITH MRS. SOPHIA ELIKPLIMI FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MR. AWARE AWUKU FOR THE CO-DEFENDANTS

[2010]DLHC4370
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">MRS. EDITH
MAMA ADU<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>S. K. ADU AND RICHARD KWAME AND SAFOSAMUEL KWAME SAFO<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (INDUSTRIAL/LABOUR DIVISION),
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SUIT NO. BFA/2/07&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: 17TH JUNE, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR.
AKWASI BOSOMPEM WITH MRS. SOPHIA ELIKPLIMI FOR THE PLAINTIFF<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><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWABENA
ASUMAN-ADU, JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>On 9th October, 2006 the plaintiff
herein issued out Writ of Summons against the Defendant claiming as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the building, lying, situate and being at and numbered B
335/22, North-Kaneshie, Accra was financed solely by the Plaintiff without any
contribution whatsoever by the Defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the land lying, situate and being at Abosey-Okai (Korle Lagoon
Area) was solely acquired by the Plaintiff herein without any contribution by
any other person nor the Defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order directing the Defendant to immediately transfer and or prepare all
necessary and relevant documents on the building numbered B 335/22, North
Kaneshie, Accra and the parcel of land at Abossey-Okai (Korle Lagoon Area)
whose schedule is particularly delineated in the accompanying Statement of
Claim into the name of the Plaintiff herein.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the accompanying Statement of Claim, the
Plaintiff avers that due to a misunderstanding between her and the Defendant,
she left the country for London in 1984 and later moved to live in the United
States of America where she works as a domestic worker. In or about 1991, she
received information from the Defendant that there was a parcel of land at
Abossey-Okai (Korle Lagoon Area) so she should send money for the purchase of
the said land. Based on the said information, she immediately sent US$5,000.00
to the Defendant through one Kwasi Clay. Subsequent to this, she sent down
various sums of money to the Defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Later, the Defendant called her and asked that she should
send US$3,000.00 to be used in fencing the said land to ward off intruders
which she duly sent.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In 1991, the Plaintiff came down to Ghana and the
Defendant showed her the land in question. However, the document on the land
bore the names of S. K. Adu, the Defendant herein and J. A. Mensah, Defendant’s
brother, now deceased. She questioned the Defendant why her name was not on the
document, but he could give no tangible reason but promised to effect the
necessary changes in the names to reflect her name. The Defendant has, however,
refused to change the names into her name to properly vest ownership of the
land in her.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In or about June 2006, when the Plaintiff came down
once again to Ghana, she was informed that J. A. Mensah had died and that a
brother of his was now claiming ownership of the said land. The Plaintiff is,
therefore seeking an order of the Court to compel the Defendant to effect the
necessary changes in the document on th</main>