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CHRISTOPHER KING
V.
JAMES QUAYE

(2022) JELR 109929 (HC)

High Court 25 Jan 2022 Ghana
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- The Applicant is seeking an Order of Interlocutory Injunction to restrain the Respondent from acting as the landlord, collecting rent, and harassing occupants of a disputed property. - The Applicant is also seeking to compel the Responden

Case Details

Suit Number:E1/109/18
Judges:HIS LORDSHIP DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE J.
Counsel:PHILEMON PEARSON-PRAH ESQ FOR KWABENA KUFFOUR ESQ FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT; VICTOR OWUSU ESQ FOR DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT.

RULING

OSEI-HWERE J.

In this application for an Order of Interlocutory Injunction, the Plaintiff/Application (hereinafter called the Applicant) is praying the Court to restrain the Defendant/Respondent (hereinafter called the Respondent) from holding himself out as the landlord, from collecting rent and from harassing any occupants of the house, the subject matter of the dispute. The application was also seeking to compel the Respondent to deliver all chattels at the premises which form part of the estate of late Hon. Tabitha Sybil Quaye to the Applicant herein, who is the Administrator of the estate of the late Hon. Quaye. Prior to the hearing of the application, the Respondent’s lawyer the Applicant that he can take possession of the said chattels. Consequently, that relief has because redundant. Thus, the application is focused on the other reliefs.

It is the Applicants case that the Respondent has unlawfully assumed the position of landlord of the property in dispute and that he cont…

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