SAMUEL SARPONG AND MADAM DORA SARPONG (PLAINTIFFS) vs. HANNAH DUROWAA (DEFENDANT) [2016]DLHC7804

SAMUEL SARPONG AND MADAM DORA SARPONG (PLAINTIFFS) vs. HANNAH DUROWAA (DEFENDANT... [2016]DLHC7804

Date	2016-03-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: AC 201/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC7804

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE MARIAMA OWUSU (J.A.) SITTING AS ADDITIONAL HIGH COURT JUDGE

ANITA SHEILA CRABBE FOR KWAKU BAAH FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2016]DLHC7804
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL SARPONG
AND MADAM DORA SARPONG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>HANNAH DUROWAA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO.: AC 201/2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
18TH MARCH, 2016<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ANITA
SHEILA CRABBE FOR KWAKU BAAH FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE MARIAMA OWUSU (J.A.)
SITTING AS ADDITIONAL HIGH COURT JUDGE<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>The plaintiffs in this case by their writ of summons
claim jointly and severally against the defendant the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>“a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration of title to Land Rover Free Lander Swagon with Chasis
No: SALLNABA 71A 336 543, with Registration No. GW 809/14.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Order for recovery of the said vehicle.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Order that the DVLA changes the name of the said Land
Rover Free Lander Swagon with Chasis No:&nbsp;
SALLNABA 71A 336 543, and with Registration No:&nbsp; GW 809/14 into the name of the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Order for general damages of the sum of fifty thousand
Ghana cedis (Gh¢50,000.00) for procuring unlawful arrest and detention of the 2nd
plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Legal fees and costs.<o:p></o:p>In
the 18 paragraph statement of claim that accompanied plaintiffs’ writ of
summons, the 1st plaintiff averred among other things that he was
married to the defendant until August 2014 under customary law to which 2nd
plaintiff was a witness.&nbsp; The 1st
plaintiff averred further that, whilst his marriage to defendant was still
subsisting, he bought a Land Rover Free Lander Swagon with the description in
the writ of summons from London and registered same for business purposes.&nbsp; 1st plaintiff continued that, he
transferred the ownership of the said vehicle into the defendant’s name knowing
that the vehicle belongs to both of them and was going to be used for the said
business to support the family.<o:p></o:p>It
is the case of the 1st plaintiff that, soon after the said transfer
of the vehicle into the name of the defendant, the latter began to maltreat
him, pack out of 1st plaintiff’s house and caused all kinds of
embarrassing situations and led adulterous life which led to the eventual
dissolution of the marriage by the families of both 1st plaintiff
and defendant on the 25th October, 2014.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The
1st plaintiff averred that at the dissolution of the marriage
between him and defendant, both families agreed that the vehicle in dispute
must be transferred from defendant back to 1st plaintiff and
instructed the 2nd plaintiff who is the aunty of the defendant to
ensure that the said vehicle is transferred back to 1st
plaintiff.&nbsp; The 1st plaintiff
concluded that all attempts to retrieve the said vehicle proved futile.&nbsp; When the 2nd plaintiff heard that
the vehicle had been parked in a garage for sale at Dzorwulu, he drew the
attention of 1st plaintiff who went to the garage with 2<su</main>