DANIEL ADJEPONG vs. RICHARD ADJEPONG AND MRS. CONSTANCE DUAH ADJEPONG [2023]DLHC16368

Date	2023-06-29
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1122/2020
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16368

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

EMMANUEL BRIGHT ATOKOH WITH JUSTICE TSAKPOE FOR PLAINTIFF.

DR. EMMANUEL MAURICE ANKRAH FOR DEFENDANTS.

[2023]DLHC16368
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DANIEL ADJEPONG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>RICHARD ADJEPONG AND MRS.
CONSTANCE DUAH ADJEPONG <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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SUIT NO. LD/1122/2020&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:
29TH&nbsp;JUNE 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>EMMANUEL
BRIGHT ATOKOH WITH JUSTICE TSAKPOE FOR 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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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;Introduction<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The original writ in this suit was
issued on 8th September 2020 by the plaintiff against the 1st
defendant as the only defendant. The 1st defendant entered
appearance and filed a defence to the action. On 14th October 2020,
counsel for the 1st defendant brought an application seeking to join
the 2nd defendant as a defendant to the action. The application was
heard and granted on 5th November 2020. Counsel for the plaintiff
then amended the writ of summons on 9th December 2020 to reflect the
order for joinder. The defendants eventually filed a joint statement of defence
on 4th November 2021.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s
case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that he is
the owner of the property in dispute having acquired the land on which the
property is built sometime in 1976. He then constructed a five bedroom house
with a two bedroom outhouse in the year 1977 on the land. The plaintiff asserts
that the 2nd defendant is his second wife who she married sometime
in 1987, long after he had acquired the property in dispute. After she married
her however, she moved with her to live together in the property in dispute.
The plaintiff asserts that he recently relocated to live in Kwahu but he has
not seen the 2nd defendant for about sixteen years now. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff avers that he has eight
children including the 1st defendant but the 1st
defendant and his mother, the 2nd defendant, have taken possession
of the property in dispute and the 1st defendant is undertaking
renovation works on the property without his consent. The plaintiff asserts
that the defendants have evinced an intention to dispossess him of his property
and at one time when he visited the property, the 1st defendant
drove the plaintiff out of his own property.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that he
needs to dispose-off the property to settle some debts and he even gave the 1st
defendant a formal quit notice which was ignored by the 1st
defendant. Plaintiff asserts that his marriage to the 2nd defendant
does not create any property rights in her, neither does the 1st
defendant have any interest in the said property. He however states that he has
not indicated that he would not provide alternate accommodation for the 2nd
defendant. The plaintiff asserts that the defendants have asserted an adverse
claim over his property and unless the court intervenes, the defendants will
continue with their unlawful acts hence the present action. The plaintiff
therefore claims the following reliefs against the defendants:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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