GERTRUDE AGBEWOLE vs. CHRISTOPHER AGBODOGBEY [2011]DLCA5062

Date	2011-12-15
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/2/2008
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA5062

ABBAN (MRS.) J.A. (PRESIDING)

KUSI-APPIAH J.A. AYEBI J.A.

MR. JOE ATTIPOE FOR THE PETITIONER/RESPONDENT

MR. DUBIK MAHAMA FOR THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

[2011]DLCA5062
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GERTRUDE AGBEWOLE<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>CHRISTOPHER AGBODOGBEY<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO: H1/2/2008&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
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DECEMBER, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR.
JOE ATTIPOE FOR THE PETITIONER/RESPONDENT
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MR. DUBIK
MAHAMA FOR THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ABBAN (MRS.) J.A. (PRESIDING), KUSI-APPIAH J.A. AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>KUSI-APPIAH,
J.A.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the
judgment of the Circuit Court, Accra, dated 14th day of February
2006, in favour of the Petitioner/Respondent against the Respondent/ Appellant.&nbsp; I will refer to the parties in the manner
they appeared at the court below. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>By her petition filed on 7th
day of November 2005, the petitioner prayed that:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The marriage between the Petitioner and the
Respondent be dissolved.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>b&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
matrimonial home being House No. MD934, Madina, be conveyed to the Petitioner
as the sole owner.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>c&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
container Respondent used Petitioner’s money to make be given to the
Petitioner.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Respondent be ordered to pay the Petitioner a lump sum.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The case of the petitioner as
gathered from her pleadings and especially evidence at the trial is that, the
parties married under custom on 10th January, 1971 and had six
children all of whom are now adults.&nbsp; The
petitioner pleaded in the main her immense contribution in purchasing the
matrimonial house in 1971 for Gh¢60.00.&nbsp;
She averred that she contributed Gh¢40.00 while the respondent
contributed Gh¢20.00, that she built the two self-contained rooms as well as
three single rooms to the house which originally comprised four chamber and
hall rooms.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The petitioner testified that the marriage
has broken down beyond reconciliation as a result of unreasonable behaviour on
the part of the respondent which includes his refusal to consummate the
marriage (t</main>