ELIZABETH OPPONG vs SAMUEL ASARE BAFFOUR [2023]DLCA16046

Date	2023-04-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/38/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA16046

MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS) JA (PRESIDING)

DARKO ASARE JA

KWAMINA BAIDEN JA

JOHN KWAME KODUAH

SAEED KOFI SAM

[2023]DLCA16046
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ELIZABETH OPPONG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>SAMUEL ASARE BAFFOUR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>&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;
[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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.H1/38/2023&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;&nbsp;DATE: 27TH
APRIL 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JOHN KWAME KODUAH <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;">

SAEED KOFI SAM <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS) JA (PRESIDING), DARKO ASARE JA, KWAMINA BAIDEN
JA,<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;">

<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin-top:.55pt;text-align:center;
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</div>YAW DARKO ASARE, JA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This appeal emanates
from the judgment of the High Court, Kumasi delivered on the 14th day of July, 2021. The said judgment
dismissed the entire reliefs
claimed by the Plaintiff/Appellant herein, and upheld the major reliefs
endorsed by the Defendant/Respondent on his Counter- claim. For purposes of convenience, the Parties shall bear the same designation as in the court below and accordingly, the Plaintiff/Appellant herein
shall simply be referred to as the Plaintiff, whilst
the Defendant/ Respondent shall be referred to as the
Defendant.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;FACTS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Until the year 2001,
the Parties were happily married as man and wife. They had both travelled outside the country
and had sojourned
in Japan for some time during
which period, the Parties operated a joint bank account, and had also acquired
some landed properties in Ghana.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Contending that upon
the dissolution of their marriage, the Parties had agreed to share their
jointly acquired properties equally, but the Defendant had reneged on the said
agreement, the Plaintiff instituted the instant action for recovery of the sum
of USD$30,000.00 being her half share of the Parties’ joint account, a
declaration that she is entitled to a half share of jointly acquired
properties located at Pankrono Estates, Denkyemuoso, and an 11 acre orange farm