ELIZABETH ABBEW JACKSON vs. ESTHER ANDERSON [2018]DLCA4702

Date	2018-06-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/227/07
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4702

JUSTICE IRENE C. LARBI (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

JUSTICE L. L. MENSAH J.A.

JUSTICE ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J.A.

JONATHAN KOFI MENSAH ASEMPA FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.

MICHAEL ARTHUR-DADZIE FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.

[2018]DLCA4702
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ELIZABETH ABBEW JACKSON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ESTHER ANDERSON<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/227/07&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: 27TH JUNE, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JONATHAN KOFI MENSAH
ASEMPA FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MICHAEL
ARTHUR-DADZIE FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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JUSTICE
IRENE C. LARBI (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING), JUSTICE L. L. MENSAH J.A., JUSTICE
ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>L. L. MENSAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Sekondi dated the 17th
day of March 2006 in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent who will in this
judgment be referred to as the Plaintiff against the Defendant/Appellant who
will be referred to as the Defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Facts:<o:p></o:p>The
facts of this case are that Elizabeth Abbew Jackson left the shores of Ghana
for the United Kingdom in 1975.&nbsp; She got
employed at the British Railways in Liverpool as a ticket examiner.&nbsp; Out of her earnings she sent goods in
commercial quantities among which were shoes, clothes, fridges etc. to her
brother James Abbew Jackson (deceased) who died in February 1988.&nbsp; The brother was instructed by Plaintiff to
use the proceeds of the goods to acquire a number of houses, three of which are
in Takoradi and one at Bubiashie, Accra.&nbsp;
The houses however seemed not to have documents on them to bear
Plaintiff’s name. The Plaintiff however tendered a number of documents as
correspondence between her and her late brother as proof of her claim that the
four houses in dispute were acquired by her brother upon her instructions.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Upon
the death of Plaintiff’s brother, her two widows the Defendant herein, Mary
Howard and the deceased and Plaintiff’s brother by name John Abbew Jackson were
granted letters of administration to administer the estate of the deceased.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Alleging
that the Defendant has coveted all the four houses built by her deceased
brother for her, the Plaintiff instituted action in the registry of the High
Court, Sekondi claiming the following reliefs from the Defendant:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration of title to Plots Number
7D Airport Ridge, 300A, West Tanokrom and Plot 8 West Tanokrom and the houses
thereon.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GH¢10,000.00 damages against Defendant
for</main>