JOHN GAVEH-AHIABLE & 4 ORS vs. MAKAFUI SEGBAWU & 3 ORS [2023]DLHC16959

Date	2023-03-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO: E13/76/2021
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16959

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE DOREEN G. BOAKYE AGYEI (MRS.)

MR. PAUL SELORM KPODOVIA ESQ

MODESTO KPODOVIA

ESQ

[2023]DLHC16959
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JOHN GAVEH-AHIABLE &amp; 4 ORS<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>

MAKAFUI SEGBAWU &amp; 3 ORS<o:p></o:p>

(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, SOGAKOPE]<o:p></o:p>

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<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO: E13/76/2021&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 21ST &nbsp;MARCH, 2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

MR. PAUL SELORM KPODOVIA ESQ.,
HOLDING BRIEF FOR MODESTO KPODOVIA, ESQ. FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE DOREEN
G. BOAKYE AGYEI (MRS.) <o:p></o:p>

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

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INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>

The
Plaintiffs through their
lawful Attorney instituted the present suit against the
Defendants on the 14th day of June, 2021.
The Defendants accordingly entered Appearance to the suit on the 22nd day of June, 2021 and later filed
their Statement of Defence and Counterclaim on 2nd day
of July, 2021. Plaintiffs then filed a Reply to the Statement of Defence and
Counterclaim on the 16th day of August, 2021
and further filed Application for Directions on the same date containing Nine
(9) issues to be set down for trial and moved on the 2nd
day of September, 2021.<o:p></o:p>

By their Writ of Summons
and Statement of Claim, the Plaintiffs sought against the Defendants the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>

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An order compelling the Defendants to render
accounts of their renting of the two (2) stores no. B. 109, Anloga with its
boundaries as clearly stated in paragraph 7 of the statement
of claim which had been in possession of their late father E. W. K. Segbawu and
thereafter to the Defendants for over seventy (70) good years now and to ascertain whether or not they have recovered the monies
borrowed from Mr. E. W. K. Segbawu in settling U.A.C at the time or in the alternative;<o:p><</main>