GRACE ARTHUR (RESPONDENT/APPELLANT) vs. SHARON OFORI YEBOAH (APPELLANT/RESPONDENT) [2015]DLCA7119

GRACE ARTHUR (RESPONDENT/APPELLANT) vs. SHARON OFORI YEBOAH (APPELLANT/RESPONDEN... [2015]DLCA7119

Date	2015-02-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: H1/227/2014
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA7119

OFOE (JA) (PRESIDING)

ACQUAYE (JA)

MARGARET WELBOURNE (JA)

KWAME OWIREDU FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT

BOSSY BANSON FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

[2015]DLCA7119
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GRACE ARTHUR<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SHARON OFORI YEBOAH<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>CIVIL
APPEAL: H1/227/2014 &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;DATE: 19TH FEBRUARY 2015<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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OWIREDU FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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BANSON FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

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border-bottom:1.5pt solid windowtext;mso-border-bottom-alt:1.5pt solid windowtext">CORAM:&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; &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; OFOE (JA)
(PRESIDING), ACQUAYE (JA), MARGARET WELBOURNE (JA)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>MARGARET
WELBOURNE (JA)<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the ruling of the
High Court dated 19th February, 2014. <o:p></o:p>The
background to the case is that the plaintiff/appellant, Grace Arthur, sued the
defendant/respondent Sharon Ofori Yeboah at the District Court, claiming the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that there is a binding tenancy
between the plaintiff and the late Kwaku Ofori Yeboah, father of the defendant,
covering the premises.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;An
order for specific performance of the tenancy agreement between the plaintiff
and the said Kwaku O. Yeboah.<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;Recovery of possession<o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;An
order for injunction restraining the defendant and all those who claim title
through the late Kwaku Ofori-Yeboah from interfering with the plaintiff’s
possession of the subject matter.<o:p></o:p>v.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;Costs<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The defendant in her Statement of Defence
admitted tha</main>