[2016]DLHC16700 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">ALFRED ALORBU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">STEPHEN AYESU, AGNES ADZO KPORXA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> <o:p></o:p></span></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="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. BL 202/2008 DATE: 15<sup>TH</sup> JUNE 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></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="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">G.K NTONY FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">ALHAJI FAROUK SEIDU FOR 1ST DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">ROBERT QUARTEY FOR 2ND DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p></span></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="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Plaintiff,<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>Alfred<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Alorbu,<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>capacity<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>eldest<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>son<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>John<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Yao<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Akplaga, hereafter referred to as the deceased, and on behalf of some of the beneficiaries of the deceased’s estate, filed a suit in the High Court, against 1<sup>ST</sup><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt; letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>and 2<sup>ND</sup> defendants for the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:43.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4; tab-stops:61.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">A declaration that the purported sale of the property by 2<sup>ND</sup> defendant to 1<sup>ST</sup> <span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise: 3.0pt;letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>defendant is null and void since she had no authority<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>deal<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>property<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>sole<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>beneficiary of the property<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:43.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4; tab-stops:61.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">b.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An order of perpetual injunction restraining 1<sup>ST</sup> defendant, her agents or assigns entry onto the said property<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.8pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:43.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4; tab-stops:61.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">c.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span