JULIANA COLEMAN TAKYI AND CATHERINE COLEMAN vs. MRS. GRACE WIREKO AND REGINA WIREKO [2022]DLSC16124

JULIANA COLEMAN TAKYI AND CATHERINE COLEMAN vs. MRS. GRACE WIREKO AND REGINA WIR... [2022]DLSC16124

Date	2022-12-14
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/05/2018
Citation No.	[2022]DLSC16124

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

AMEGATCHER JSC

PROF. KOTEY JSC

TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC

KULENDI JSC

CPT. NKRABEA EFFAH DARTEH ESQ. (RTD.) FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS.

PETER KWAKU NTI ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS.

[2022]DLSC16124
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JULIANA
COLEMAN TAKYI AND CATHERINE COLEMAN<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>MRS. GRACE WIREKO AND REGINA WIREKO<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME 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;">

CIVIL APPEAL NO.
J4/05/2018&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:
14TH DECEMBER 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL <o:p></o:p>CPT. NKRABEA EFFAH DARTEH ESQ. (RTD.) FOR THE
PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS. <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;">

PETER KWAKU NTI ESQ.
FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING), AMEGATCHER JSC, PROF. KOTEY
JSC, TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC, KULENDI JSC <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;
border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: center; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">&nbsp;KULENDI JSC:-<o:p></o:p>INTRODUCTION <o:p></o:p>By a
unanimous decision on the 14th of December, 2022, we dismissed in its entirety,
the appeal by the Plaintiffs/Appellants/Appellants (hereinafter called the
Appellants) and reserved our reasons, which we hereby give. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The said
appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 25th July, 2016,
which affirmed a judgment of the High Court dismissing the Appellants’ claim to
house No. B59 Mfuom Road, Dunkwa-on-Offin and upholding the
Defendants/Respondents/Respondents’ (hereinafter called the Respondents)
counterclaim to the property.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p>The
Appellants filed a writ of summons at the registry of the High Court, Cape
Coast on the 16th of April, 2012 against the Respondents, seeking the following
reliefs: <o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">A
 declaration that House Number B59 Mfuom Road, Dunkwa-on-Offin is the bona
 fide property of the late Mrs. Regina Coleman; <o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">An
 order for cancellation of the purported sale of the said No B59 Mfuom
 Road, Dunkwa-on-Offin to the 1st Defendant by the late S.B. Coleman; <o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Recovery
 of possession of the said No. B59 Mfuom Road, Dunkwa-on-Offin and <o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Perpetual
 injunction restraining the defendants, their agents, servants, workmen,
 personal representatives, executors, administrators and assigns, from
 having anything to do with No. B59 Mfuom Road, Dunkwa-on-Offin. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>&nbsp;&nbsp;