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AUGUSTINE SEYIRE
V.
CATHERINE SEYIRE

(2017) JELR 67266 (CA)

Court of Appeal 26 Jul 2017 Ghana
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Suit Number:SUIT NO. H1/04/2017
Judges:ADJEI J.A, LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A, ACKAH-YENSU J.A
Counsel:RAYMOND BAGNABU ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/ APPELLANT,DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT IN PERSON

ADJEI, J.A:

The Plaintiff/Appellant dissatisfied with the judgment of the High Court, Tamale delivered on 5th February, 2013, filed a notice of appeal against same to the Court. The notice of appeal was filed on 7th February, 2013.

There are two divergent evidence adduced by the parties at the trial regarding ownership to H/No. C6, Navrongo and a house commonly called ‘Old UTC’ and situated at Navrongo. The parties were ad idem as to the identities and the location of the two disputed properties. The parties also agreed that plot No. C6 Navrongo was acquired by Peter Seyire. The Defendant asserted that her late grandfather gifted the property to her father. The Plaintiff on the other hand insisted that the property remained the property of his father but devolved unto the late Everist Seyire through succession. The Plaintiff who is an uncle of the Defendant asserted that both properties were acquired by his father; the late Peter Seyire who died in 1963. The Defendant who is a granddaug…

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