AFUA OWURAKU (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. AMMA AFRA (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) [2012]DLCA7878

Date	2012-04-26
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/117/2011
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA7878

KUSI-APPIAH J.A. (PRESIDING)

ACQUAYE J.A.

AYEBI J.A.

MR. FRANK NARTEY FOR DEFT/APPELLANT

MR. FRANK DONKOR FOR PLT/RESPONDENT

[2012]DLCA7878
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AFUA OWURAKU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AMMA AFRA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO.:&nbsp; H1/117/2011&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:
26TH APRIL,
2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
FRANK NARTEY FOR DEFT/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.
FRANK DONKOR FOR PLT/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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KUSI-APPIAH
J.A. (PRESIDING), ACQUAYE J.A., AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal
from the judgment of the High Court, Koforidua.&nbsp;
The subject matter of contention is H/No. M/W 25 and the adjoining land
at Mampong Akwakpim.&nbsp; The plaintiff (now
respondent) claims declaration of title to the house and the land on which it
is built, an order of ejectment and damages of GH¢2,000.00 against the
defendant. <o:p></o:p>From the evidence
on record the identity and location of the property is not in dispute.&nbsp; The parties also agreed that one Aboa Kwadwo
built the house on the land given to him by the Methodist Church of which he
was a member about two hundred years ago.&nbsp;
Further it is agreed that one Yaa Amoa was the wife of Aboa Kwadwo and
the grandmother of the plaintiff/respondent but the great-grandmother of the
defendant/appellant.&nbsp; In other words,
closer in generation to Yaa Amoa, plaintiff’s mother Adwoa Badua @ Adwoa Sika
was the daughter of Yaa Amoa whiles defendant’s father was a grandchild of Yaa
Amoa.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Beyond these
undisputed facts, the facts upon which the plaintiff based her claim and the
defence of the defendant are as controversial as they are skeptical/incredible
especially as regards the name(s) of the ancestors of the parties.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff’s case
is that, her mother Adwoa Badua @ Adwoa Sika was the only child of her parents
by name Aboa Kwadwo and Yaa Amoa.&nbsp; Prior
to the marriage to Aboa Kwadwo, Yaa Amoa had married Aboa Kwaku with whom she
had nine children.&nbsp; Being the tenth child
of Yaa Amoa, plaintiff’s mother was so named Adwoa Badua.&nbsp; But then as the only child of Aboa Kwadwo
with Yaa Amoa, Aboa Kwadwo gifted the house in dispute to Adwoa Badua in his
lifetime.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Defendant however
refuted the assertion of plaintiff that Yaa Amoa was married twice and that
Adwoa Badua’s father was different from the other nine children of Yaa
Amoa.&nbsp; It is defendant’s case that Yaa
Amoa married only once and the husband was Aboa Kwadwo with whom she had ten
children, the tenth and for that matter the last of whom was Adwoa Badua,
plaintiff’s mother.&nbsp; Defendant continued
that one of the children of Aboa Kwadwo and Yaa Amoa was Asong Kwadwo.&nbsp; Asong Kwadwo begat Kwabena Tetteh, who was
her (defendant) father.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The property in
dispute is situated at Mampong-Akwapim.&nbsp;
The system of inheritance is patrilineal.&nbsp; The evidence of the plaintiff</main>