DOROTHEA KOOKO QUAYE VS. EMMANUEL ASANTE & ANOR [2018]DLHC10120

Date	2018-01-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BL 573/08
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC10120

JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI J.

MR. EVANS DZIKUNU FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MS. SARAH KUSI FOR DEFENDANT

[2018]DLHC10120
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DOROTHEA KOOKO QUAYE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>VS.<o:p></o:p>EMMANUEL ASANTE &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT
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SARAH KUSI FOR DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>

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</div>&nbsp;1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background<o:p></o:p>Love conquers all
things, but when it dissipates, there is no limit the damage it can unleash.
The suit reminisces love gone sour between parties who married in 1969 and got
divorced in 1996. The suit that was filed in 2008 calls for the determination
of property rights with respect to what appears to be the only landed property of
the parties.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The suit, together
with thirty-two (32) other land suits was transferred to this court from the
Lands Court Accra by the order and hand of the Chief Justice dated 17 November
2015 pursuant to s.104, Courts Act, 1993 (Act 492). At the stage of the
transfer, the case was being heard by Justice Eric Obimpeh J.<a href="file:///C:/Users/aggie/Desktop/2020-21/Criminal/Judgt%202%20-%20Dorothea%20Kooko%20Quaye%20(2021_01_25%2010_26_20%20UTC).docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a> Plaintiff
was yet to conclude her case, which she continued before this court on 4
February 2016.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff and
1st defendant are pensioners, well-advanced in age. They are resident
in Accra. They have been a married couple since 1969. They no longer together live
as a couple. The marriage, they claim had been divorced by the order of the
Circuit Court. <o:p></o:p>2nd
defendant was residing in the disputed subject matter house on the support of 1st
defendant. It does appear that he is still residing in the house. The one time
couple are before this court over a residential property - H/No. B224/17 - located
at South Odorkor, Accra, which curiously did not feature in the divorce suit. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s claim
is that she owns the subject matter house jointly with 1st
defendant, and that 2nd defendant is currently occupying the house unlawfully
under terms and conditions she has no knowledge of. By her writ of summons that
was filed in 2008, she seeks the following reliefs against defendants jointly
and severally: <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the Plaintiff is entitled to half
interest in H/No. B224.17, South Odorkor, subject matter of the suit herein.<o:p></o:p>b&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the 1st Defendant’s purported
parting of their interest in H/No. B224/17, South Odorkor Accra to the 2nd
Defendant without the Plaintiff’s prior consent is unlawful.<o:p></o:p>c&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order for the recovery of possession of H/No. B224/17
South Odorkor, Accra from the 2nd Defendant.<o:p></o:p>d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order for accounts in respect of the transaction leading
to the occupation of the said house from the 1st Defendant<o:p><</main>