DIANA MINNOW a.k.a. DIANA ABENA AMOAKOAH vs. DANIEL ANTWI YEBOAH AND 5 ORS [2021]DLCA10817

Date	2021-03-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO. HI/41/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA10817

CECILIA SOWAH J.A. (PRESIDING)

ANTHONY OPPONG J.A.

ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH J.A.

REX OWIREDU DANKWA FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

A.Y. NYARKO-ADU FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2021]DLCA10817
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DIANA MINNOW a.k.a. DIANA
ABENA AMOAKOAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DANIEL ANTWI YEBOAH AND 5
ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, KOFORIDUAH]<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;">

SUIT
NO. HI/41/2021&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: 17TH MARCH, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>REX
OWIREDU DANKWA FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<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;">

A.Y.
NYARKO-ADU FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>CECILIA SOWAH J.A. (PRESIDING),
ANTHONY OPPONG J.A., ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH J.A.<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;ANTHONY OPPONG, JA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In
this case, a daughter, plaintiff, sued her father, the 1st defendant
at the Circuit Court, Koforidua. His other children, the siblings of plaintiff,
joined the suit as other defendants. Her claim was that her mother, one Gladys Adjei,
who was, at one time, the wife of 1st defendant, purchased for her a
piece of land when she was very young. She claimed that all documents on that
piece of land and a building plan were made in her maiden name, Diana Abena
Amoakoaa and that the documents had been registered. She also claimed that she
put up a building on the land. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff
sued the 1st defendant because 1st defendant disputed her
claim of ownership of the property; the land and the building. In the suit at
the Circuit Court, Plaintiff, by way of reliefs sought for:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“Declaration
of title to the main building unnumbered and plot &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No. 56 Block D, situate at Jumapo and
perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, his agents, assigns and heirs
etc from making further adverse claims of ownership to the said house”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
1st defendant refuted the claims of his daughter, the plaintiff. He
claimed to have bought the land from one Kwame Sarpong alias Robin Hood (deceased)
in January, 1965. The 1st defendant stated that he caused the plan
of the building to be prepared in the name of plaintiff, who was the eldest daughter
of his children, with the intention of building a house on the plot of land for
the plaintiff and her other five siblings. However, according to 1st
defendant, when plaintiff started threatening to appropriate the property to
herself after the death of 1st defendant, he effected change of name
on the site plan and the building permit from the name of plaintiff and instead
used the name of his youngest child, Angela Amponsah Yeboah in trust for her
and all the other siblings including plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In
effect, whilst plaintiff claimed the building as her self acquired property,
the defendant contended that the building is jointly owned by plaintiff and his
other children who subsequently applied and joined the suit as the other
defendants on the 11th August 2016. See page 33 of the record of
appeal record of appeal.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;At
the end of the trial, in the judgment of the learned Circuit Court judge dated
17th January, 2020 and found at pages 345-358 of the record of
appeal, she concluded that plaintiff is not the sole owner or sole beneficiary
of the property in dispute and so plaintiff’s claims against the defendants failed.
The Circuit Court entered judgment for the defendants on their counterclaim and
declared title to the disputed land in the first defendant and also declared
that the buildings on the land are the joint properties of the parties.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
plaintiff on the 19th March 2020 filed Notice of Appeal as an
expression of her dissatisfaction of the judgment of the trial circuit court.
For purposes of the appeal herein, the plaintiff is the appellant and the defendants
are the respondents and they will be referred to as such hereafter in this delivery.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
grounds of appeal were stated as:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;1.