JOHN BART ADDISON (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. HANNA KORDAI ADDY (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT) [2011]DLCA7906

JOHN BART ADDISON (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. HANNA KORDAI ADDY (DEFENDANT/RESPOND... [2011]DLCA7906

Date	2011-10-20
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/8/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA7906

M. OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

DUOSE J.A.

HONYENUGA J.A.

MR. YAW AMO-FARKYE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. JOSEPH K. GYIMAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2011]DLCA7906
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOHN BART ADDISON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HANNA KORDAI
ADDY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<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.&nbsp; HI/8/2011&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: 20TH
OCTOBER, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
YAW AMO-FARKYE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
JOSEPH K. GYIMAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</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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M.
OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING), DUOSE J.A., HONYENUGA J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>HONYENUGA
J.A.<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal by the plaintiff/appellant from the decision of the High Court,
Accra dated the 17th day of December 2009.&nbsp; The said decision decreed that the lease
agreement under which the plaintiff/appellant entered the land had long
expired.&nbsp; The decision also decreed recovery
of possession and ejectment of the plaintiff/appellant from the land.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
facts of this appeal are that the plaintiff/appellant claimed to have orally
leased a building plot from one Oye Codjoe who is also known as Dunkrong
Amartiokor, a fetish priestess for 50 years.&nbsp;
The purpose of the grant was for the construction of a two storey
commercial building.&nbsp; The
plaintiff/appellant paid a customary drink of ¢200.00 (old cedis) or GH¢0.02
before completion of the building.&nbsp; He
also paid ¢200.00 (old cedis) a month and a total rent of ¢120,000.00 (old
cedis) or GH¢12.00 representing the 50 years duration of the lease without a
receipt issued to him.&nbsp; The said building
was later demolished by the City Engineers because there was litigation on the
land.&nbsp; He was rather advised to put a
single storey but on 11th July 1987, the lessor died.&nbsp; The plaintiff/appellant filed a Caveat to the
letters of administration applied for by the defendants/respondents because
they were interfering with the use of his plot.&nbsp;
The defendants/respondents denied the claim of the
plaintiff/appellant.&nbsp; As a result, the
plaintiff/appellant caused the instant writ of summons to be issued against the
defendants/respondents claiming as follows:-<o:p></o:p>“1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the Court orders that plaintiff
leased a plot from late Oye Codjoe alias Dunkrong Amartiokor and the plaintiff from
his own resource built House No. B 672/6 on the leased plot situate lying and
being at Abossey Okai.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That
the lease is still in subsistence.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That
an order for account of all monies accruing to the Estate of Deceased who died
on 11th July 1987 up to the date of judgment.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alternatively,
the refund of the money plaintiff paid to the lessor and money spent to put up
the house plus interest on the whole amount.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order for injunction not to distribute the estate without reference to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General
Damages for interfering with the enjoyment of the plaintiff lease.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order that the plaintiff is joint owner of the House No. B 672/6 with late Oye
Codjoe alias Dunkrong Amartiokor.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Court order that cost be awarded against the Defendants.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
for breach of contract and misrepresentation.”<o:p></o:p>