KWABENA OFORI ODURO, MARY ODURO AND AGNES ODURO vs. ISAAC KWASI OWUSU [2014]DLSC2848

Date	2014-12-23
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.J4/22/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLSC2848

WOOD C. J. (PRESIDING)

ANSAH J.S.C.

DOTSE J.S.C.

BONNIE J.S.C.

AKAMBA J.S.C.

ROBERT KINGSLEY YEBOAH ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT / APPELLANT /APPELLANT.

KWASI AGYENIM BOATENG ESQ. WITH HIM CONSTANCE QUIST FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/ RESPONDENTS / RESPONDENTS.

[2014]DLSC2848
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWABENA OFORI ODURO,
MARY ODURO AND AGNES ODURO<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ISAAC KWASI OWUSU<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; [SUPREME COURT,
ACCRA]<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.J4/22/2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 23RD DECEMBER, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ROBERT KINGSLEY YEBOAH
ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT / APPELLANT /APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWASI
AGYENIM BOATENG ESQ. WITH HIM CONSTANCE QUIST FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/ RESPONDENTS /
RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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ANSAH J.S.C.,&nbsp; DOTSE J.S.C., BONNIE
J.S.C.,AKAMBA &nbsp;J.S.C. <o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>AKAMBA,
JSC:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This appeal is from the judgment of the Court
of Appeal entered against the Defendant/ Appellant/Appellant (hereinafter
simply the Defendant) on 21/10/2010 in an action commenced by Plaintiffs/
Respondents/Respondents (hereinafter simply the Plaintiffs) per a writ of
summons issued on 23/11/1995.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs sued the
Defendant seeking the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>“ i. A Declaration that the sale of
H/No C383/2 Amugi Avenue, Adabraka, &nbsp;Accra
by a deed of conveyance No 461/1985 to the Defendant by the vendor therein was
a fraud and therefore null and void. <o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that whether or not the defendant was aware of the fraud, the sale
was null and void because the vendor had no power to sell the property and the
sale passed no title to the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order of the Court setting aside the sale.<o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order of the Court ejecting the Defendant and or his agents forthwith from the
house.<o:p></o:p>v.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual
injunction restraining the Defendant from exercising any rights of ownership or
possession over the property.”<o:p></o:p>BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p>The plaintiffs are the
children of the late Augustus Kofi Oduro, the undisputed owner of the house in
issue. A year after the demise of Augustus Kofi Oduro, the High Court, on 17th
December 1982, granted letters of administration to his grandson, Augustus Yaw Oduro to administer the estate.
Augustus Yaw Oduro’s letters of administration was however revoked on 23rd
March 1983. Eleven years after the aforesaid revocation and precisel</main>