McJOHN ODEI CLEVE (SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY KOFI WADDIE) vs. RAPHAEL ABDALLAH SEMEKOR [2019]DLHC6834

McJOHN ODEI CLEVE (SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY KOFI WADDIE) vs. RAPHAEL ABDAL... [2019]DLHC6834

Date	2019-04-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO: AL/1/2015
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6834

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

MR. KWESI BAFFOE INTSIFUL FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MR. CHARLES BAWADUAH FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC6834
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >McJOHN ODEI CLEVE (SUING
PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY KOFI WADDIE)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>RAPHAEL ABDALLAH SEMEKOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO: AL/1/2015 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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
APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>MR. KWESI BAFFOE INTSIFUL
FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
CHARLES BAWADUAH FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO<o:p></o:p>

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</div><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Introduction<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">[1]<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In or about May 2014, Mr. Odei Cleve, as Purchaser, and Raphael
Semekor entered into an agreement for the purchase of two and half (2.5) plots
of land situate at Ablekuma Borkorborkor Junction in Accra. Mr. Odei Cleve contends
that the agreed amount of Thirty Six Thousand Five
Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">¢36,500) was paid to Mr.
Semekor, the Defendant herein. According to the Plaintiff prior to the payment
for the land he asked the Defendant to furnish him with his title documents to
enable him conduct a search at the Lands Commission. The Plaintiff contends
that the Defendant gave him many excuses without giving him the title documents
except a site plan.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">[2]<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiff contends that after the payment of the money
the Defendant released the parcel of land to him and he developed same to an
advanced stage but just as he was about to complete same, the Tipper Truck
Union Group in Accra made adverse claim to the same piece of land and so he
stopped work. It is the case of the Plaintiff that when the Defendant was made
aware of the development he agreed to replace the land and the parties executed
a Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) to that effect but he failed to comply with
the terms of the MoU. <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">[3]<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Defendant pleaded that the Plaintiff paid to him an
amount of Twenty Seven Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">¢27,000) in bits and after the last payment
he executed a deed of assignment and assigned his</main>