OPANIN YAW MANU AND AMA ANTO vs. REGINA BROWN [2013]DLCA8125

Date	2013-06-27
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.: H2/03/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA8125

AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING)

IRENE DANQUAH (MRS.) J.A.

TANKO AMADU J.A.

MR. K. K. SEY FOR THE DEFT/APPELLANT

MR. K. ADDO ATUAH FOR THE PLT/RESPONDENT

[2013]DLCA8125
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OPANIN YAW MANU AND AMA ANTO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/PPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>REGINA BROWN<o:p></o:p>(DEF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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;
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CRIMINAL
APPEAL NO.: H2/03/2012&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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JUNE, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
K. K. SEY FOR THE 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.
K. ADDO ATUAH FOR THE 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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AYEBI
J.A. (PRESIDING), IRENE DANQUAH (MRS.) J.A., TANKO AMADU J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>In the Sunyani High Court, the plaintiffs claimed
against the defendant the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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declaration that H/No. Plot 2, Block “P” Mim-Kokoteasua is family property.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of possession of the said H/No. Plot 2, Block “P” Mim-Kokoteasua.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, her agents, assigns,
workmen etc. from having anything to do with the said house in dispute.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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declaration by the Honourable Court that all the self-acquired properties of
the deceased be shared according to law.<o:p></o:p>The deceased in relief “4” above refers to the late
husband of the defendant/respondent by name Thomas Amoako.&nbsp; The deceased and the plaintiffs/appellants
are uterine siblings.&nbsp; About three months
before his death, Thomas Amoako gave the house in dispute, H/No. Plot 2, Block
“P” Mim-Kokoteasua to the defendant by way of a deed of gift.&nbsp; He served a copy of the deed on the 1st
plaintiff who is his elder brother.&nbsp; The
1st plaintiff said he protested the act of his brother because the
house is a family property.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>At the trial, the plaintiffs gave evidence that
Maame Yaa Yaa, their mother acquired the piece of land originally in the
1960s.&nbsp; She constructed a swish building
(which they called Attah-Kwame house) on it.&nbsp;
All of them including the deceased lived in it.&nbsp; Later the deceased demolished the swish
structure and started a re-construction with cement blocks.&nbsp; But he got stuck because he ran short of
money.&nbsp; So he 1st appellant
and their mother completed the first floor which is more or less a basement by
flooring it with concrete cement and they all lived in it.&nb</main>