EDITH AKROFI & ORS vs. NAOMI NARDU LARTEY & ORS [2016]DLHC11897

Date	2016-05-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BMISC 745/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC11897

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE PATIENCE-MILLS TETTEH

JOSEPH NICHOLAS NKRUMAH FOR PLAINTIFFS

ERNEST AHENKORAH HOLDING BRIEF FOR FRANK ADEEKU FOR 1ST AND 2ND DEFENDANTS

[2016]DLHC11897
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EDITH AKROFI &amp; ORS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>NAOMI NARDU LARTEY &amp;
ORS<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0"> <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<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: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. BMISC 745/2016&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 17TH&nbsp;MAY 2016<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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JOSEPH NICHOLAS
NKRUMAH FOR PLAINTIFFS <o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">ERNEST AHENKORAH
HOLDING BRIEF FOR FRANK ADEEKU FOR &nbsp;1ST AND 2ND DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE PATIENCE-MILLS
TETTEH<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>Parties
are both the descendants of Koley Kotey and the children of Emmanuel Awuley Lartey
(deceased) and Emmanuel Akrofi (deceased). By their endorsement on the writ of
summons and statement of claim the plaintiffs sued the defendants for the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-font-width:99%">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that the entire
property described as House No. D 245/ 3 situate at Timber Market Junction,
Amamomo in Accra belongs to the descendants of Koley Kotey and for that matter the children of both Emmanuel
Awuley Lartey (deceased) and Emmanuel Akrofi (deceased).<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-font-width:99%">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order directed at both parties to look for a common investor who shall develop
the entire property
to the benefit of all of them, that is, the children of both Emmanuel Awuley Lartey and Emmanuel Akrofi and the
proceeds shared between them.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-font-width:99%">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order setting aside any