EDWARD OFORI AMOAH vs. MADAM STELLA ANDREWS &WILLIAM BORTSI E. ANDREWS [2022]DLHC11742

Date	2022-06-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO: GJ/1598/2014
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11742

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

DANIYAL ABDUL-KARIM WITH CECIL QUARTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF - PRESENT

PAA KWESI ABAIDOO WITH OHENEWAA ABOAGYE (MRS.) FOR THE DEFENDANTS – PRESENT

[2022]DLHC11742
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EDWARD OFORI AMOAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MADAM STELLA ANDREWS &amp;WILLIAM BORTSI E. ANDREWS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<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;">

PAA KWESI ABAIDOO WITH OHENEWAA ABOAGYE
(MRS.) FOR THE DEFENDANTS – PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>&nbsp;i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The time has come to talk of many things — of a man who had
contracted a monogamous marriage in the United States of America and his
apparent belief that he could contract a valid customary marriage in Ghana&nbsp; —&nbsp; of a
young woman who allegedly being aware of the existing marriage of the man and
nevertheless agreeing to marry him and actually organizing and ‘hiring’ people
to represent the man as his family members at the marriage,&nbsp; —&nbsp; of
the validity of marriage that produced four children, three of whom are
presently alive&nbsp; —&nbsp; and of provision of substantial amounts of
money by the Plaintiff to the Defendants to supervise projects for him and the
Defendants’ alleged abandonment of the Plaintiff and failure to account for
their stewardship&nbsp; —&nbsp; and whether the 1st Defendant has used the
Plaintiff’s monies received for the projects to acquire properties in her name
at his blind side and whether the instant suit is just an action by a bitter
man (Plaintiff) who just cannot accept the fact that the 1st Defendant ended
the relationship with him and has moved on or this is an action to salvage the
Plaintiff’s investments and ‘right’ a wrong?<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Those questions arise in this civil litigation, in which the
Plaintiff, Edward Ofori Amoah, seeks an order directed at the Defendants to
“account fully” for the various sums of money received for the development of
projects they supervised for him as his agents, an order on the 1st Defendant to
document certain properties in the name of the Plaintiff, recovery of
Plaintiff’s personal properties in possession of the Defendants, damages for
loss of personal belongings&nbsp; unaccounted
for by the Defendants and the Defendants’ counterclaim for declaration of title
to certain properties including “a three storey shop building on the&nbsp; Spintex Road Baatsona, Tema” and Property No.
B22, Emefs Lagoon Estates, Sakumono, Tema together with “the one - storey
coastal estate property, Tema”.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Action:<o:p></o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On 24th November, 2016, the Plaintiff caused a Writ of
Summons with a Statement of Claim against the Defendants for the following
judicial reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order on the Defendants to account fully to the Plaintiff
for the various sums of money received from him directly and through his
agents, Samuel Acheampong in Germany and Godwin Kuffour in Accra, for the
development of his properties in Ghana that Defendants were undertaking for
him.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the alternative, the recovery of sums:<o:p></o:p>i. € 717,220.00, ii. US$ 607,641.00,
iii. ₵
577, 400, 000 (old Cedis) and iv. GH¢
100,619.00 <o:p></o:p>being the sums advanced to
the Defendants for the development of Plaintiff’s properties in Ghana.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the said sums or the balance unaccounted for at
the prevailing US dollar/ Euro/ Ghana Cedis bank interest rates from January
2005 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order on the 1st Defendant to document the Spintex Road
stores property in the name of Plaintiff or in the alternative an order on the
Coastal Estates Limited to effect the transfer of the same into Plaintiff’s
name.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of personal properties of Plaintiff still in
possession and custody of the Defendants.<o:p></o:p>f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages for loss of any personal belongings or properties
of Plaintiff unaccounted for by the Defendants.<o:p></o:p>g.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs inclusive of Plaintiff’s travel expenses from the USA
to prosecute this suit and Solicitors’ fees or charges.<o:p></o:p>