NAOMI AKUFFOBEA AWUKU & 2 ORS vs. JOYCE YIRENKYIWA AWUKU & 2 ORS [2017]DLHC11987

Date	2017-03-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. TLD/02/16 (FAL/73/9)
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC11987

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE REBECCA N. S. SITTIE (MRS)

FELIX QUARTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

BRIGHT OKYERE ADJEKUM FOR 1ST DEFENDANTS

[2017]DLHC11987
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NAOMI AKUFFOBEA AWUKU &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>JOYCE
YIRENKYIWA AWUKU &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA (LAND DIVISION)]<o:p></o: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;">

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">SUIT
NO. TLD/02/16 (FAL/73/9)&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: 17TH&nbsp;MARCH 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&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; <o:p></o: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;">

FELIX
QUARTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS,<o:p></o:p>

BRIGHT
OKYERE ADJEKUM FOR 1ST DEFENDANTS <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE REBECCA N.
S. SITTIE (MRS)<o:p></o: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: 6pt 0cm 1pt;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Plaintiffs
took out a Writ against their eldest sibling 1st Defendant and ‘the
Developer’ on 14th December 2009. Plaintiffs per their amended Writ
of Summons and Statement of Claim after leave was granted them to join 2nd
and 3rd Defendants on 3rd December 2014 claim the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.7pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:41.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;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;;letter-spacing:-.05pt">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that per the Last Will and Testament
of DANIEL CHRISTOPHER AWUKU (deceased) dated 24th
June 1965, the Plaintiffs and the 1st Defendant are joint owners in
equal shares of ALL THAT premises described now as F730/2-F731/2, Osu R.E.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.9pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:41.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;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;;letter-spacing:-.05pt">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order directed at the 1st
Defendant to account for all sums of money received from 2nd
Defendant.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:41.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;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;;letter-spacing:-.05pt">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order to restrain the 2nd
Defendant from developing/renovating any part of the premises until further
directed by this Honourable Court.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;PLAINTIFFS’ CASE<o:p></o:p>Briefly Plaintiffs’ case is that Plaintiffs and 1st Defendant are children of the late Daniel Christopher Awuku and late Emelia Torto.
Plaintiffs state that their father during his life time acquired a number