GEOFFREY O. TETTEH vs. MADAM KONADU [2014]DLCA2902

Date	2014-06-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/30/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA2902

MARIAMA OWUSU (PRESIDING)

OFOE J.A.

DORDZIE J.A.

MR. GEOFFREY QUIST WITH HIM ALEX QUARTEY FOR PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT

MR. SAM WOOD FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2014]DLCA2902
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GEOFFREY O. TETTEH<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MADAM KONADU<o:p></o:p>&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; [COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]&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; <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. H1/30/2014&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: 19TH
JUNE, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&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; <o:p></o:p>MR. GEOFFREY QUIST WITH HIM
ALEX QUARTEY FOR PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT,<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
SAM WOOD FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<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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MARIAMA
OWUSU (PRESIDING), OFOE J.A. , DORDZIE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT <o:p></o:p>MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
21-1-2011, the High Court, Land Division, Accra, dismissed defendant/appellant’s
[hereinafter refer to as defendant] counterclaim as not proved. The Court then
entered judgment in favour of the plaintiff/respondent [hereinafter refer to as
plaintiff] for all the reliefs claimed on the writ.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the trial court, the defendant appealed to the Court of Appeal
on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The judgment is against the weight of
evidence.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Further
grounds will be filed on receipt of the record of appeal.<o:p></o:p>Relief
Sought From This Court<o:p></o:p>That
the judgment be set aside and judgment entered for the defendant.<o:p></o:p>Before
dealing with the arguments advanced in support and against this appeal, I would
like to give a brief background of the case. <o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff by his writ of summons claims the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>[i]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Declaration that as per the Will
of Madam Amarkai dated 4-5-1972, House Number C 267/3, Asylum Down was devised
to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>[ii]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Order for ejectment of the
defendant from H/No. C 267/3, Asylum Down, Accra, and for recovery of
possession.<o:p></o:p>[iii] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs.<o:p></o:p>In
the 16 paragraph statement of claim which accompanied the writ of summons, the
plaintiff averred among other things that, sometime in February 1969, his
grandmother, the late Madam Amarkai Okai [deceased] gave the defendant
permission and right of entry to House No. C 267/3, on the Ring Road, Asylum
Down, Accra, for commercial purposes. The defendant then converted the said
premises into the place known as Apollo Theatre. Plaintiff averred further
that, his said grandmother in her last Will and Testament, dated 4-5-1972
willed the property mentioned supra to him. The plaintiff continued that his
grandmother died on 14-7-1972 and the disputed property devolved upon him.
According to the plaintiff, probate of the said Will was granted to the
executrix on 18-12-1990.<o:p></</main>