KOBINA AKROMAH BEDFORD vs. GEORGE ASIAMAH AND TEMA DEV. CORP. (TDC) [2015]DLCA5161

Date	2015-02-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/201/2012
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA5161

VICTOR OFOE JA (PRESIDING)

A M. DORDZIE JA

SENYO DZAMEFE JA

G. H. QUIST FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

LUMOR FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA5161
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOBINA AKROMAH BEDFORD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/ APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GEORGE ASIAMAH AND TEMA DEV. CORP. (TDC)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS
/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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: H1/201/2012&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;DATE: 19TH FEBRUARY,
2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>G. H. QUIST FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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LUMOR FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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VICTOR OFOE JA (PRESIDING), A M.
DORDZIE JA, SENYO DZAMEFE JA<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>A.M
DORDZIE JA:<o:p></o:p>FACTS<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">:<o:p></o:p>The
Plaintiff/appellant herein claims he is the son of one C. C. Bedford
(deceased). Until his death the said C. C. Bedford was occupying a room in
house Number AM 15 Community 7 Tema as tenant of the 2nd defendant,
Tema Development Corporation (TDC). The plaintiff lived with the father in the
same house. He maintains that at the father’s death he became the sitting
tenant of the house; he continues to pay rent to TDC in his deceased father’s
name. Irrespective of that the house had been allocated and sold to the 1st
defendant.<o:p></o:p>By
a writ of summons dated 16th September 1996 the appellant herein
sued the defendants in the Circuit Court Tema for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration of title to house number AM 15 Community 7 Tema<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of possession of the room occupied by the 1st defendant.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;