[2017]DLHC11836 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">KWESI<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">DANAA</span></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">KWAME<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">NGULA</span></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; 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><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="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. BC 190/2014 DATE: 20</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">TH </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">JANUARY 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:286.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">WISDOM<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>ANTHONIO<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>ESQ.FOR<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">PLAINTIFF</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ANTHONY NAMO<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>ESQ. FOR<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">DEFENDANT</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">NOVISI AFUA ARYENE (MRS.)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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-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="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.75pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>administrator<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>estate<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Kwesi<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Wajah<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>(deceased).<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt"> </span>It<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>late Kwesi<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>Wajah<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>allotee<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>owner<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>possession<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Market<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Shed<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>No.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>74,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Kokomba<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Yam Market,<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt"> </span>Old<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Fadama,<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Accra,<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>prior<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>death.<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>And<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>deceased<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Kwesi<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Wajah<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>allotted the<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt"> </span>said<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>shed<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>when<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>market<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>sheds<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>re-distributed<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt"> </span>among<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>operators<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>market<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>1983. He averred that until his death, the said Kwesi Wajah operated from the shed, buying and selling tubers of yam to the general public.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:6.05pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">After the death of Kwesi Wajah however, defendant who had been allotted shed no. 72B and 73, took over<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>Plaintiff’s shed no 74 and hired it out without accounting<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>estate<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the deceased Kwesi Wajah. Following his refusal to hand over the shed, a meeting was held in June<span style="letter-spacing:1.9pt"> </span>2013<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>between<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>family<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.9pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: