HAMZA MOHAMMED SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY BASHIRU MAHAMA vs. BISMARK KOFI DARKWA [2017]DLHC17119

HAMZA MOHAMMED SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY BASHIRU MAHAMA vs. BISMARK KOFI DAR... [2017]DLHC17119

Date	2017-01-26
Suit No.	SUIT N0. LD/0827/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC17119

HER LADYSHIP MRS. ELIZABETH ANKUMAH J

ALEX QUARTEY ESQUIRE

JOHN OPOKU ESQUIRE

[2017]DLHC17119
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk152146143"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">HAMZA MOHAMMED SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY<o:p></o:p></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">BASHIRU MAHAMA<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;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">BISMARK KOFI DARKWA<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">SUIT N0. LD/0827/2016&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: 26TH &nbsp;JANUARY 2017<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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QUARTEY ESQUIRE FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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OPOKU ESQUIRE FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">CORAM <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HER
LADYSHIP MRS. ELIZABETH ANKUMAH J<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: 1pt 0cm;">

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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>This is motion on notice filed by the Plaintiff herein
praying for an order for interlocutory judgment
to be entered against the defendant herein
in default of defence. The plaintiff’s application is premised on eleven
(11) paragraphed affidavit in support deposed
to by one Bashiru Mahama
the applicant’s lawful Attorney. The salient paragraphs are as follows:<o:p></o:p>“2.
That on the 3rd day of June, 2016, I caused my
solicitors to file Writ of Summons and
Statement of Claim claiming inter
alia a declaration of title
to land situate
and being at Mile 11 Winneba Road Accra containing an approximate area of 0.16
acre<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:21.25pt">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the defendant
was duly served
with the said writ of Summons
and Statement of Claim.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:21.25pt">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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