DOROTHY AMA AKYAA OWUSU vs. KENNEDY AGYEPONG [2019]DLCA6339

Date	2019-03-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO. H1/222/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6339

P. K. GYAESAYOR JA (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA

N. C. AGBEVOR JA

MARTIN KPEBU FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MRS. ANNIE EMEFA FIAWOO FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA6339
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DOROTHY AMA
AKYAA OWUSU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KENNEDY
AGYEPONG<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL SUIT NO. H1/222/2018&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: 28TH
MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>MARTIN
KPEBU FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MRS.
ANNIE EMEFA FIAWOO FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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P.
K. GYAESAYOR, JA (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON, JA AND N. C. AGBEVOR, JA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

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

</div>GYAESAYOR, JA<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the decision of the High
Court, Accra dated the 21st day of August, 2017. The Plaintiff/
Appellant in this appeal shall be called the Plaintiff and the Defendant/
Respondent simply referred to as the Defendant herein.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff herein on the 5th day of
February, 2016 per her lawful attorney Carlis Appiah Brako issued out a writ of
summons from the High Court claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the Defendant has breached the terms of the tenancy agreement
dated the 3rd January, 2015 in respect of the property known as
No.16 Continental Crescent, Roman Ridge, Accra being a three- bedroom single
story.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages
for breach of the above mentioned contract in relief a.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost,
including solicitor’s fees.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the accompanying statement of claim the
Plaintiff, Dorothy Ama Akyaa Owusu claimed to be the owner of a fully furnished
three-bedroom single storey building with a two-bedroom outhouse numbered 16
located along Continental Crescent, Roman Ridge (hereinafter called the Property)
which is being managed by her lawful attorney, Carlis Appiah Brako (hereinafter
referred to as ‘the attorney’).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>While the Defendant according to the Statement of
Claim is a businessman and a tenant of the Plaintiff. According to the
Plaintiff, upon a tenancy agreement she let out the said property to the
Defendant for Forty-Five Thousand Six Hundred United States Dollars (USD
45,600) payable in its equivalent in cedis. This was after a tenancy agreement
was executed between the Plaintiff’s agent a</main>