ROSE GORDON vs. COMET PROPERTIES LIMITED [2018]DLHC16528

Date	2018-10-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IRL/35/2013
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC16528

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

JUSTICE ABDULAI WITH ANGELA QUARDE FOR PLAINTIFF.

REBECCA AMPONSAH FOR EDWARD DARLINGTON FOR DEFENDANT.

[2018]DLHC16528
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ROSE GORDON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>COMET PROPERTIES LIMITED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<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;">

SUIT NO. IRL/35/2013&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:
9TH&nbsp;OCTOBER&nbsp; 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE
ABDULAI WITH ANGELA QUARDE FOR PLAINTIFF.<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;">

</div>CORAM<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;">

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

</div>&nbsp;Plaintiffs’
Case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff refers to herself as the
administratrix of the estate of her deceased daughter Florence Ayitey who died
intestate on 17th August 2004.&nbsp;
It is the plaintiff’s case that the said Florence Ayitey in her
lifetime, on or about the 24th day of October 2002, purchased two
plots of land identified as Block 53, plots 5 and 6 from the defendant Company
at a cost of Forty Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Old Cedis (₵42,500,000.00) now Four Thousand Two
Hundred and Fifty Ghana Cedis (GH₵4,250.00), which she fully paid for.
She further paid an amount of Five Hundred United States Dollars (US$500) for
provision of electricity to the site. The plaintiff asserts that the above
payments represent the total payment her daughter had to make to the defendant
and she was never required to make any further payments in respect of the
properties.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff further avers that her
deceased daughter after purchasing the plots from the defendant company was
unable to develop the land until her unfortunate death on 17th
August 2004. Upon her daughter’s death, she applied for and was granted Letters
of Administration by the High Court, Kumasi, to administer her deceased
daughter’s estate. She made representations to the defendant for the refund of
monies paid by her deceased daughter to the defendant company in respect of the
said properties. Although the defendant initially agreed to refund the monies,
the defendant later reneged on its promise and the defendant is still adamant
on refunding the monies to the plaintiff despite numerous calls, visits and
demands made on them including serving the defendant with about four demand
notices.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s further case that
the defendant rather re-entered the said lands on 1st July, 2007
without notice to her and the defendant has demonstrated an unwillingness to
refund the said monies to the plaintiff unless compelled by the powers of the
court.&nbsp; The plaintiff therefore granted a
Power of Attorney to her son Emmanuel Bonsu to do all that is legally possible
to collect the said monies from the defendant company.&nbsp; It is the plaintiff’s case that the present
value of the land is US$30,000.00 per plot.&nbsp;
The plaintiff therefore, acting through her attorney Emmanuel Bonsu,
issued a writ of summons on 11th January 2013 claiming the under
listed reliefs against the defendant:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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present value of the land at Thirty Thousand United States Dollars (US$
30,000.00) each, for the twin landed property purchased from the defendant more
than a decade ago, totaling Sixty Thousand United States Dollars
(US$60,000.00).<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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