EMMANUEL OBENG vs KATE NYAMEKYE (Otherwise known as Mary Frimpong Rubiera (RE) [2023]DLCA16181

Date	2023-07-20
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: HI/51/2021
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA16181

SUURBAAREH J.A (PRESIDING)

BAAH J.A

AMALEBOBA JA

D. Osei-Antwi Esq.

Ebenezer Ahiator Esq.

[2023]DLCA16181
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EMMANUEL OBENG<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>KATE NYAMEKYE (Otherwise
known as Mary Frimpong<o:p></o:p>Rubiera (RE)<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL APPEAL NO:&nbsp;
HI/51/2021&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; DATE: 2O JULY 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">D. Osei-Antwi Esq., for
Petitioner/Respondent.<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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bold">Ebenezer Ahiator Esq., for Respondent/Appellant.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>SUURBAAREH J.A
(PRESIDING)<o:p></o:p>BAAH J.A<o:p></o:p>AMALEBOBA 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;">

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</div>BAAH,
J.A:<o:p></o:p>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>The respondent/appellant
by this appeal challenges the decision of the trial Circuit Court, Kumasi, dated
25 November 2019, by which it was held that the following properties: <o:p></o:p>a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Two buildings on Plot Nos 40
and 41, Anwomaso, Kumasi.<o:p></o:p>b.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A school built on Plot Nos
297-304, Ampabamen, Kumasi.<o:p></o:p>c.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A house at Ampabamen No.1,
Kumasi, and<o:p></o:p>d.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An uncompleted storey
building adjacent to the three-bedroom house at Ashongman,<o:p></o:p>are
not joint marital properties, as a result of which none could be settled on the
respondent/appellant. The court settled a three-bedroom self-contained house in
Ashongman on the respondent/appellant. Whiles the respondent/appellant contends
that the three-bedroom house and the uncompleted storey building are properties
on the same piece of land, which is owned by the parties, petitioner/cross-appellant
asserts that the two properties were developed on two separate lands. He contends
that whiles the three-bedroom &nbsp;self-contained house is built on land jointly
acquired by the parties, the other land is separate and acquired solely from
his resources. <o:p></o:p>The
issues raised for our determination are:<o:p></o:p>