CYNTHIA BOAKYE AND MADAM MARY BOATENG vs. MADAM AJORKOR BOYE [2022]DLHC11347

Date	2022-02-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/202/2012
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11347

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI

DR. KWEKU AINUSON WITH YAW KYERE AMPADU AND VANESSA DAVIS FOR THE PLAINTIFF

KENNETH KUDJORDJIE FOR THE DEFENDANT ABSENT

[2022]DLHC11347
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CYNTHIA BOAKYE AND
MADAM MARY BOATENG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MADAM AJORKOR BOYE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<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. FAL/202/2012&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 FEBRUARY, 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DR. KWEKU AINUSON WITH YAW KYERE AMPADU AND
VANESSA DAVIS FOR THE PLAINTIFF<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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KUDJORDJIE FOR THE DEFENDANT ABSENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI<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>1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
INTRODUCTION:<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff caused to sue out the present writ
against the Defendant through her lawful Attorney, Madam Mary Boitey, because
for a long time, the Plaintiff has been domiciled in the USA.<o:p></o:p>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Plaintiff’s
Statement of Claim was made up of 21 paragraphs only but in response to the
Plaintiff’s Statement of Claim, the Defendant per her Amended Statement of
Defence and Counterclaim filed as many as 57 paragraphs.<o:p></o:p>1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
However, per her
witness statement which eventually metamorphosed into her Evidence-In-Chief,
the Defendant reduced her case to only 23 paragraphs, (see the Amended Witness
Statement filed on 30th March, 2017).<o:p></o:p>1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Plaintiff
also added 34 paragraphs to her case by way of her Amended Reply and Defence to
counterclaim.<o:p></o:p>1.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Plaintiff
filed an Amended Witness Statement on 30th May, 2017 and followed it
up with a supplementary witness statement. On 30th May, 2017, a
exactly a year after filing her witness statement, the Plaintiff on 30th
May, 2018, filed a supplementary witness statement to what she had earlier
filed.<o:p></o:p>1.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By her Amended
Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff sought the following reliefs from the court;<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration of title to the effect that (sic), Plot No. C112/23 also known as
Plot 19, lying and situate at No. 14 Wawa Drive, North Dzowulu, Accra belongs
to the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>b.