RAMI AHAMOUI AND DUNIA HAMOUI vs. JOHN ATTA OSEI [2017]DLCA4940

Date	2017-06-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/31/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA4940

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

WELBOURNE J.A.

SOWAH J.A.

GEORGE AMAGYEI COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

LADY SYLVIA DADSON COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

[2017]DLCA4940
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >RAMI AHAMOUI AND DUNIA HAMOUI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOHN ATTA OSEI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
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SUIT NO: H1/31/2017&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: 1ST
JUNE, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GEORGE AMAGYEI COUNSEL FOR
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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LADY SYLVIA
DADSON COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS <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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MARIAMA
OWUSU J.A.&nbsp; (PRESIDING), WELBOURNE J.A., SOWAH
J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>WELBOURNE, JA<o:p></o:p>This
appeal is against the judgment of the High Court dated 22nd June,
2015.<o:p></o:p>The
grounds of appeal as filed by the Defendants/Appellants are as follows:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The judgment given by the
learned trial judge is against the weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The court erred when it
awarded special damages in the sum of Five Million Ghana cedis (GH¢5,000,000)
when no evidence was led to establish same.<o:p></o:p>In
this judgment, the Plaintiff will be described as the Respondent and the Defendants
as the Appellants. The facts that culminated in this action are that the Respondent
is the freehold owner of the property located on the 37 Military
Hospital/Achimota Road, (near Dzorwulu Traffic Lights) which interest was
registered by the Lands Registry as No. 258/67.<o:p></o:p>The
Respondent further stated in his statement of claim that after acquiring the
property, he went into possession of the land and developed a two-storey
residential property with two out-houses thereon. The property is described as
comprising of four large bedrooms, a study, a large living room and four
conveniences. Each out-house had two rooms and conveniences. The Respondent
leased the said property to Nigeria Airways Ltd. in 1984 for a term of Fifty (50)
years. It is the case of the Respondent that sometime in November, 2009, he
noticed that Nigeria Airways Ltd. had abandoned the property and subsequently
his attention was drawn to the demolishing of the property by the Appellants.
According to the Respondent, although he lodged a complaint at the Kotobabi
Police Station, the matter was dismissed by the police.<o:p></o:p>The
Respondent averred that the Appellants had committed various breaches of the
Lease Agreement as well as violation of statutory provisions which entitle him
to re-enter the property hence the instant action.<o:p></o:p>