JONES BESSA vs. NEWTON AHANOGBE [2018]DLHC16539

Date	2018-05-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1085/2016
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC16539

ADWOA OTI-DUAH WITH ADWOA YEBOAH DANKYI FOR YONNY KULENDI FOR THE DEFENDANT

J. OPOKU-BOATENG FOR PLAINTIFF

[2018]DLHC16539
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JONES BESSA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NEWTON AHANOGBE <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. LD/1085/2016&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;&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:
18TH&nbsp;MAY 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>J.
OPOKU-BOATENG 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>Introduction<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Madam Christine Akanyife until her
death in the year 2001 was the queen mother of the Volo Traditional Area in the
Volta Region.&nbsp; Upon her death, she was
survived by her four children Emmanuel Datsomor, Esi Nyamedzi, Jones Bessa (the
plaintiff in this suit) and Newton Ahanogbe (the defendant in this suit).&nbsp; She also left behind some properties one of
which is the subject matter of this suit. At the time this suit was instituted,
Emmanuel and Esi had also joined their mother into glory.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s
Case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that in
1982, his mother acquired a parcel of land at Swanlake, North Kaneshie from the
Nikoi Olai Stool of Asere, and at the request of his mother, he contributed
financially towards the construction of two apartments on the land.&nbsp; He also contributed in kind by helping carry
blocks during the construction and also helped his mother to acquire the title
documents over the land. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff asserts that as a result
of his contribution, his mother granted him a power of attorney to administer
the property on her behalf.&nbsp; He claims
further that he, together with the defendant and their families occupied one
apartment while the other apartment was rented out to a tenant.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff asserts that on the death
of their mother in 2001, and after the tenant living in the other apartment had
vacated the premises, he renovated the apartment and moved into occupation with
his family.&nbsp; The summary of the
plaintiff’s case is that the tenant finally left the said apartment in 2012 but
he (the plaintiff) has been deprived of the use of the said apartment by the
defendant as the defendant changed the locks on the doors of the apartment and
rented it out to another person and has been enjoying the profits thereof.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This act of the defendant, the
plaintiff asserts, has deprived him of his ownership and occupational rights
over the said apartment and as such anytime he comes to Ghana from his base in
the Netherlands, he has to lodge in a guest house.&nbsp; The plaintiff is therefore claiming the
following reliefs against the defendant:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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