STELLA GAITU vs. MARK BUKU, ACCRA: PATIENCE AKU BARNOR [2019]DLCA8764

Date	2019-05-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/134/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8764

DENNIS ADJEI JA (PRESIDING)

B. F. ACKAH-YENSU JA

POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA

DAVID SOWAH KPOBI FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

SIMON MADJIR FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

[2019]DLCA8764
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >STELLA GAITU<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<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>MARK BUKU, ACCRA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>PATIENCE AKU BARNOR<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/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 NO.: H1/134/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 30TH &nbsp;MAY , 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DAVID SOWAH KPOBI FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 SIMON MADJIR FOR
 PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>
 </div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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 &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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 DENNIS ADJEI JA
 (PRESIDING), B. F. ACKAH-YENSU JA, POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA<o:p></o:p>
 </div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
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 solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>ACKAH-YENSU, JA<o:p></o:p>In
view of the nature of the issues arising from this action, we deem it pertinent
to go into the history in its entirety.&nbsp;
The facts of the case are as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
29th April 2014, the Plaintiff/Appellant issued a writ against the
Defendant for, inter alia, an order
for the possession of a residential property, subject matter of the suit.&nbsp; According to the Plaintiff/Appellant, she
purchased the said property from one Isabella Effon, a Ghanaian resident in the
United States of America, at a purchase price of GH¢320,000.00, and the vendor
issued her with a receipt.&nbsp; Isabella
Effon had earlier on purchased the property from the Defendant and the
Defendant had executed a Deed of Assignment in favour of Isabella Effon.&nbsp; Isabella Effon also executed a Deed of
Assignment conveying the property in favour of the Plaintiff/Appellant and
handed over the said Deed together with the earlier Deed by the Defendant to
Plaintiff/Appellant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Subsequent
to these transactions, the Plaintiff/Appellant informed the Defendant by a
formal letter dated 27th February, 2014 that the property had been
sold to her by Isabella Effon hence the Defendant should yield vacant
possession to her.&nbsp; The Defendant pleaded
with her for time and subsequently promised that he would yield vacant
possession of the property on or before 18th April, 2014.&nbsp; The Defendant however failed to vacate the
property and Plaintiff/Appellant issued the writ against the Defendant.&nbsp; Defendant entered appearance and subsequently
filed his Statement of Defence in which he admitted virtually all the averments
in the Statement of Claim.&nbsp; He admitted
selling the property to Isabella Effon in 2012.&nbsp;
He also stated that Isabella Effon had informed him that she had sold
and transferred the property to the Plaintiff/Appellant.&nbsp; He prayed for further time to put his new
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