VERONICA COMMODORE MENSAH vs. MICHAEL KOJO NARTEY [2019]DLHC8822

Date	2019-06-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0870/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8822

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

JERRY JOHN KOFI ASIEDU FOR PLAINTIFF.

PRINCE FREDERICK NII ASHIE NEEQUAYE FOR DEFENDANT.

[2019]DLHC8822
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >VERONICA COMMODORE MENSAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MICHAEL KOJO NARTEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT,
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SUIT NO. LD/0870/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
27TH JUNE 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JERRY JOHN KOFI ASIEDU FOR PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PRINCE FREDERICK NII ASHIE NEEQUAYE FOR DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP
K. A. GYIMAH<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Introduction<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The parties in
this suit were a married couple but their marriage unfortunately fell on the
rocks. The plaintiff left the matrimonial home after the marriage was dissolved
but the defendant remarried and he is currently living in the said matrimonial
home with his new wife. The said matrimonial home is described as Parcel number
90 Block 1 Section 34 situated at Lartebiokorshie, which is the subject matter
of this present suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff’s case<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is the
plaintiff’s case that during the marriage, the defendant’s brother bought the
house in dispute for them as a gift which they hold together in equal shares
with the documents duly registered in their joint names. The plaintiff avers
that they pulled down part of the house and reconstructed a new house by their
joint efforts. The plaintiff asserts that when she moved out of the property
after the dissolution of their marriage, the defendant has appropriated the
building to himself and has denied her access to the building. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiff
asserts that she has had to secure alternate accommodation at a cost. She has
also suffered serious hardship as a result of the defendant’s continuous
refusal to give her access to the jointly owned property. She is therefore
praying the court to make an order granting her a share of the property so that
she can move on with her life.&nbsp; She
therefore claimed the following reliefs in her writ of summons:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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Recovery of possession of all that
piece or parcel of land in extent of 0.87 hectare (0.215 of an acre) more or
less being Parcel number 90 Block 1 Section 34 situated at Lartebiokorshie in
the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana which properly is numbered as
House Number 417/4A, 6th Sakumono Link, Latrtebiokorshie.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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