LARYEA MARTEYE vs. LA VIVA LIMITED [2019]DLHC8988

Date	2019-03-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1331/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8988

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)

KWABENA KONADU YIADOM FOR PLAINTIFF

EDEM NUHOHO FOR ASAAD GBADEGBE FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC8988
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LARYEA MARTEYE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>LA VIVA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION 7), 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. LD/1331/2016 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
28TH MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWABENA KONADU YIADOM 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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EDEM
NUHOHO FOR ASAAD GBADEGBE FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>At the application for directions stage
the following issues were set down for determination.<o:p></o:p>i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether
or not the Defendants have breached their usual covenants and condition binding
on them to pay rent, rates and taxes imposed on the property in the lease dated
6th January 1996.<o:p></o:p>ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether
or not a covenant entitling the lessor to re-enter is an implied/usual covenant
for non-payment of rent.<o:p></o:p>iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether
or not the Defendants have effectively and voluntarily abandoned the
subject-land.<o:p></o:p>iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any
other relevant issues arising from in the pleadings.<o:p></o:p>It is salient to note that the 2nd
Defendant was disjoined from the suit for which reason he did not partake in
the trial as a party.<o:p></o:p>The case of the Plaintiff as captured
by his Statement of Claim is that he is the successor in title and head of the
Martey Tsuru Family of North Teshie, Accra and sues on behalf of or as
representing the said family.<o:p></o:p>And that the 1st Defendant
is a Limited Liability Company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of
Ghana.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff avers that the Martey
Tsuru Family of Teshie in Accra are the owners in possession of all that parcel
of land situate and lying at Martey Tsuru registered in the Land Registry as
No. 93/1/1/1 Vol. 44/Folio 1 with Land Certificate No. GA 2677 da</main>