ERROL CECIL FRANCIS vs ANGELA NARELA AMA FRANCIS [2014]DLHC16434

Date	2014-07-29
Suit No.	SUIT NO. HRC 26/09
Citation No.	[2014]DLHC16434

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KOFI ESSEL MENSAH

KORSAH BROWN

SAM CRABBE

[2014]DLHC16434
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp;ERROL
CECIL FRANCIS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ANGELA
NARELA AMA FRANCIS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

SUIT NO. HRC 26/09&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
29TH JULY, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KORSAH BROWN FOR PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KOFI ESSEL MENSAH<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;Plaintiff claims per his amended writ of summons
filed on 20th December, 2011, the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(i)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the
defendant to pay half of all rent received on the property between 2006 and
2009.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(ii)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the
defendant to relinquish any interest in the property situate at Dzorwulu,
Accra.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The parties herein were once happily married, they
having been joined together in holy matrimony on 7th November, 1988.
Without any shred of doubt, they loved each other very much and had a pretty
good time.&nbsp; They have between them twins,
both of them males.&nbsp; Plaintiff settled
defendant and the twins in America in order that the children would have good
education while he lived and worked in Liberia.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The vicissitude of marital life rocked the very
bottom of their blissful marriage.&nbsp; They
were unable to withstand and manage the negative and destructive elements that <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;invaded and bombarded their marriage. The end
result was that the marriage was put asunder subsequent to divorce proceedings
initiated in Liberia by the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The defendant, on the other hand, commenced
proceedings in the United States of America, precisely in a court in North
Carolina for property settlement, whereupon she was awarded one house in Wake
Forest with all its contents, a brand new Kia Sorento jeep, plus US$2,500.00
per month for 16 months.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;During the subsistence of their marriage, the
couple jointly acquired the property, the subject matter of this suit described
as Number 20 Forest Road, North Dzorwulu, Accra.&nbsp; In this judgement the property will be
referred to simply as the North Dzorwulu property. The family lived in the
North Dzorwulu property from 1994 to 2006; and rented it out to Care
International, Ghana, when the family decided to relocate to the United States
of America. The property was rented out to Care International Ghana for 3
years, that is, from 2006 to 2009.<o:p></o:p>