ELIZABETH BONA vs. OPOKU EBENEZER [2013]DLCA3126

Date	2013-05-24
Suit No.	CIVIL CASE NO: HI/91/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA3126

JUSTICE E K AYEBI JA [PRESIDING]

JUSTICE IRENE C DANQUAH JA

JUSTICE I O TANKO AMADU JA

NANA OBIRI BOAHENE ESQ FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

TUAH YEBOAH ESQ FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2013]DLCA3126
																																						<div class="restriction-wrapper">
														<div class="container-lg">
															<div class="row">
																<div class="col-md-12 restricted-content">
																	<div class="restricted-content-img-wrapper">
																		<div class="lock-icon bounce-7">
																			<img class=""
																				src="https://www.dennislawgh.com/dl-assets/dl-images/lock-content.png"
																				alt="Subscription based content">
																		</div>
																	</div>
																	 
																		<a href="https://www.dennislawgh.com/login"
																		class="btn btn-primary btn-lg"
																		style="font-family: 'open sans'; text-transform: capitalize; border-radius: 8px"> 
																		Login to Read Full Case </a>
																	 
																	
																</div>
															</div>
														</div>
													</div>
													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ELIZABETH BONA<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OPOKU EBENEZER<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">

CIVIL
CASE NO: HI/91/2012&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 24TH MAY 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NANA OBIRI BOAHENE ESQ FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;
border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">TUAH YEBOAH
ESQ FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>IRENE
C DANQUAH, J. A<o:p></o:p>This appeal is against the
decision of the High Court, Sunyani dated 19th December 2011 which
dismissed the Plaintiff/Appellant claim in its entirety.&nbsp; Aggrieved by the said decision, the Plaintiff
has mounted this appeal on two main grounds as follows:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Judgment
was against the weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
learned trial judge erred when he held that the Plaintiff has failed to prove
her case.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Subsequently, the
Plaintiff filed 5 additional grounds of appeal with the leave of the Court
which are;<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Having
satisfactorily proved her case, the learned judge erred in law when he
dismissed the Plaintiff/Appellant’s case.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
learned trial judge incorporated extraneous matters into the case which clouded
his vision of the case.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
learned judge failed or refused to apply the principle of “NEMO DAT QUOD NON HABET” which said resulted in substantial
miscarriage of justice.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Having
regards to the exhibits tendered, by the Appellant the learned trial judge
erred in law when he dismissed the Plaintiff’s case.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
decision by the learned trial judge to the effect that the Defendant acted in
good faith is not borne our by evidence on records.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The essential facts for
purposes of this appeal are tha</main>