CYNTHIA BUAWA KOTEI vs. GEORGE BUABENG, BERNICE BUABENG AND TEMA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION [2019]DLHC8826

CYNTHIA BUAWA KOTEI vs. GEORGE BUABENG, BERNICE BUABENG AND TEMA DEVELOPMENT CO... [2019]DLHC8826

Date	2019-07-25
Suit No.	SUIT NO.LDT/00016/16
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8826

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SAMUEL ASARE-NYAKO

MR. PAUL OPOKU FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MRS BRENDALYN AIKINS FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC8826
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CYNTHIA BUAWA KOTEI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GEORGE
BUABENG, BERNICE BUABENG AND TEMA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT,
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
PAUL OPOKU 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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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">MRS BRENDALYN AIKINS FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP
JUSTICE SAMUEL ASARE-NYAKO<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The plaintiff by her writ of summons
and statement of claim filed on the 29th day of January, 2015,
claimed against the Defendants as follows:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration
that the plaintiff is a bonafide purchaser of H/NO.RP10/25/72, without any
notice of encumbrances and hence her acquisition of the property from Joseph
Opoku was valid.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration
that plaintiff’s reliance on the 3rd defendant’s record in
investigating the root of title of her grantor was proper and valid.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration
that the 2nd defendant’s interest in the land per the circuit court
judgement is 50% of the value of the said house No.&nbsp; RP10/25/72, Community 1, at the time of
judgement. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
further declaration that the 1st defendant having validly alienates
the said H/NO.RP10/25/72, Community 1, of the grantor of the Plaintiff, the 2nd
defendant is entitled to 50% share of the purchase price from then 1st
defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></main>