J.R. HAIZEL @ KOJO HAIZEL & ANOTHER vs. MARY BENSUSON @ MADAM EWURAKUA SUBSTITUTED BY: ELIZABETH SUAPIM AND SUBSTITUTED BY: VICTORIA ABIKE SUAPEM [2019]DLCA8703

J.R. HAIZEL @ KOJO HAIZEL & ANOTHER vs. MARY BENSUSON @ MADAM EWURAKUA SUBSTIT... [2019]DLCA8703

Date	2019-06-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/8/19
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8703

IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING)

L. L. MENSAH (J.A)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS. (J.A)

TWENEBOANA ADU SARKODEE ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT PRESENT.

HARRY HAYFORD ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT ABSENT

[2019]DLCA8703
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>J.R. HAIZEL @ KOJO HAIZEL&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp; ANOTHER<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(PLAINTIFFS/
 RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
 mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
 color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>MARY BENSUSON @ MADAM EWURAKUA
 SUBSTITUTED BY: ELIZABETH SUAPIM AND SUBSTITUTED BY: VICTORIA ABIKE SUAPEM<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/
 APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
 OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<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 NO.H1/8/19&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 26TH JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>TWENEBOANA ADU
 SARKODEE ESQ.&nbsp; FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT
 PRESENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
 padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">
 <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
 justify;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
 padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">HARRY
 HAYFORD ESQ.&nbsp; FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT
 ABSENT<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
 mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
 mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p>
 </div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
 mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
 mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 IRENE
 CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), L. L. MENSAH (J.A), 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="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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 </div>Irene Charity Larbi&nbsp; (Mrs) J.A<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This is an appeal against
the decision of the High Court, Cape Coast delivered on 6th August,
1992 in favour of the Plaintiffs/ Respondents against the Defendant/Appellant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The facts antecedent to the
decision of the High Court are as follows:&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>JACOB WELLINGTON HAIZEL,
father of the Plaintiffs and MARY
BENSUSON alias MADAM EWURAKUA
were married under Custom sometime in 1951. Both of them were resident at Dunkwa-On-Offin. At the time of their marriage Jacob
Wellington Haizel was an employee of United Africa Company (U.A.C) whilst Mary
Bensuson was a well-established trader holding passbook of the U.A.C, G.B
Olivant and S.C.O.A, well-known firms operating within Dunkwa-On