EDMUND DJOMOAH (Suing as the Administrator of the Estate of GEOFFREY FRANCIS DJOMOAH) vs. SOCIETE GENERALE, GHANA [2020]DLHC10211

EDMUND DJOMOAH (Suing as the Administrator of the Estate of GEOFFREY FRANCIS DJO... [2020]DLHC10211

Date	2020-03-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/1365/2017
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10211

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA JULIANA AIKINS (MRS)

COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR. B. B. SIMPSON ESQ.

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT: MR. CHARLES AKWASI TAMMAH ESQ.

[2020]DLHC10211
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EDMUND DJOMOAH (Suing as the
Administrator of the Estate of GEOFFREY FRANCIS DJOMOAH)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SOCIETE GENERALE, GHANA<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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NO<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">. GJ/1365/2017&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:
26TH MARCH, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>COUNSEL
FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR. B. B. SIMPSON, ESQ.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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FOR THE DEFENDANT: MR. CHARLES AKWASI TAMMAH, ESQ.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA JULIANA AIKINS (MRS)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;1.<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RELIEFS SOUGHT<o:p></o:p>On the 28th day of September
2017, the plaintiff issued a writ against the defendant herein for the
following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order
directing the defendant to release the original documents covering House number
15, 1st&nbsp; Abeka Close, West
Tesano, Accra, consisting of a conveyance dated 14th August 1966
between F.K. Anani Ziddah and G. F. Djomaoah and the site plan attached thereto
to the plaintiff forthwith.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp; Cost including cost of instituting this
suit.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any other
reliefs as the honourable court may &nbsp;&nbsp;deem
fit.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff averred in his statement of
case that he is the co-administrator of the estate of the late Geoffrey Francis
Djomoah who happened to be his father.&nbsp;
He mentioned the other administrators as his sister Vida Djomoah and one
Philip Owusu Koranteng who is now deceased.&nbsp;
The plaintiff said his late father was the owner of the property which
is the subject matter of this suit plus other landed properties within Ghana.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;According to the plaintiff he recently
discovered that the original documents covering house number 15, 1st
Abeka Close, West Tesano, Accra, was in the custody of the defendant bank. Upon
this discovery his co-adminstratrix caused her lawyer to write to the defendant
demanding the release of the said document but the defendant responded that the
property in issue had been mortgaged to it by the plaintiff and Vida to secure
a loan from</main>