CHARLOTTE YAA BADU – BENEWAH vs. MATHIAS ANTO [2016]DLHC8469

Date	2016-11-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO. E1/231/06
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC8469

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON

RICHARD ABABIO FOR THE PLAINTIFF

PATRICK ASANTE NNURO FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[2016]DLHC8469
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CHARLOTTE YAA BADU – BENEWAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MATHIAS ANTO<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO. E1/231/06&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 15TH NOVEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>RICHARD
ABABIO FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PATRICK
ASANTE NNURO FOR THE DEFENDANT.&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>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

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</div>In this suit, the plaintiff,
who is daughter of the defendant, dragged her father to court praying for
declaration of title to and recovery of possession of a house described as Plot
3, Block 6 Denkyemuoso – Kumasi which she asserted was built by her mother, and
gifted to her. It is her case that her mother acquired the bare plot of land in
1991 in her name when she was then a child at a time her father had travelled
to and ordinarily resident in Israel. The evidence of her mother amply explains
the case of the plaintiff as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff is my daughter and defendant
is my former husband.<o:p></o:p>Q.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff
has sued defendant in respect of a house, do you know the house?<o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes,
I do.<o:p></o:p>Q.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Where
is it located?<o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It
is at Atwima-Denkyemuoso, Plot 3, Block vi.<o:p></o:p>Q.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Who
owns this house?<o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It
is the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>Q.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How did
plaintiff come to own it?<o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I
acquired a plot of land at Denkyemuoso Plot 3 Block VI in 1991. Plaintiff is my
first daughter. I intended to gift the property to her in future, so I used her
name to prepare the documents in respect of the land.<o:p></o:p>