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ADZO TORBIZO
V.
LOUIS ANANI & 3 ORS

(2015) JELR 108323 (HC)

High Court 22 Dec 2015 Ghana
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- The plaintiff filed a writ of summons claiming joint ownership of a house with the first defendant and seeking an order to prevent the defendants from disposing of the property. - The plaintiff stated that she is the wife of the first def

Case Details

Suit Number:FAL/994/13
Judges:JUSTICE S. H. OCRAN
Counsel:BRIGETTE AMPADU FOR THE PLAINTIFF DANIEL ADDO ASEIDU FOR THE 4TH DEFENDANT
Other Citations:(2015) JELR 108031 (HC)

JUDGMENT

BY COURT: By the Plaintiffs amended Writ of Summons filed on 19th May 2014 the following reliefs were claimed. 

a) A declaration that house Number B314/18, Bubiashie is jointly owned by the  Plaintiff and the 1st defendant. 

b) An Order restraining the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants or their agents from disposing  off the property known as house number B314/18 Bubiashie, Accra. c) An Order restraining the 4th Defendant from purchasing the property known as  House Number B314/18, Bubiashie Accra, from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Defendants or their  agents or privies.

In the statement of claim that accompanied the writ, the plaintiff pleaded that she is the  wife of the 1st Defendant and that they had been married for about 50 years under Ghana  Customary Law and had eight (8) children. That she the Plaintiff assisted the 1st Defendant to complete House Number B314/15 Bubiashie, and had lived in the said  house as the matrimonial home. The Plaintiffs pleading stated further that the 1st Defenda…

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