BEATRICE BEDUA ABOAGYE vs. MACLOYD SEKYI KWARTENG AND MRS LOTUS SEKYI-KWARTENG [2016]DLHC12115

Date	2016-01-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AD 100/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC12115

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J.

NIKIFA OWUSU FOR EGBERT FAIBILLE JNR. FOR PLAINTIFF

BANABAS TAG-YONG FOR DEFENDANTS

[2016]DLHC12115
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BEATRICE BEDUA ABOAGYE <o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;(PLAINTIFF)
<o:p></o:p>

MACLOYD SEKYI KWARTENG AND MRS
LOTUS SEKYI-KWARTENG<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;(DEFENDANTS)
<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

SUIT NO.
AD 100/2014&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;DATE: 26TH&nbsp;JANUARY 2016<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

NIKIFA OWUSU FOR
EGBERT FAIBILLE JNR. FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J.<o:p></o:p>

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The claim
of the Plaintiff against the Defendants is:<o:p></o:p>

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“(a) A declaration that the fire that gutted
Plaintiff’s unnumbered house
situate at Kwabenya – Atomic Stores, Accra was as a result of the
Defendants negligence.<o:p></o:p>

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line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:44.3pt 44.35pt">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order directed at the Defendants
to restore the burnt out portions of the Plaintiff’s property to the state in
which it was before fire gutted the said property which is described in (a)
above or in the alternative, an order directed at Defendants to reimburse Plaintiff
for any sum expended on
Plaintiff restoring the said property as described in (a) above as a result of
the fire outbreak.<o:p></o:p>

(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General Damages<o:p></o:p>

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(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs<o:p></o:p>

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(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any other relief(s)
that this Honourable Court deems just and equitable.<o:p></o:p>

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On
5th May 2012, the parties entered into a tenancy agreement, Exhibit
“H” by which the Plaintiff let her five bedroom house situate at Peacock close,
near Regimanuel Estates, North </s</main>