CYNTHIA BOAKYE & MADAM MARY BOATENG
V.
MADAM AJORKOR BOYE

(2022) JELR 109786 (HC)

High Court 28 Feb 2022 Ghana
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- The plaintiff sued the defendant for a declaration of title to a plot of land, recovery of possession, damages for trespass and nuisance, and an injunction. - The defendant filed a counterclaim seeking a declaration of title, an injunctio

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Suit Number:FAL/202/2012
Judges:HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI
Counsel:DR. KWEKU AINUSON WITH YAW KYERE AMPADU AND VANESSA DAVIS FOR THE PLAINTIFF KENNETH KUDJORDJIE FOR THE DEFENDANT ABSENT

JUDGMENT 

1.0 INTRODUCTION: 

The Plaintiff caused to sue out the present writ against the Defendant through her  lawful Attorney, Madam Mary Boitey, because for a long time, the Plaintiff has  been domiciled in the USA.  

1.1 The Plaintiff’s Statement of Claim was made up of 21 paragraphs only but in  response to the Plaintiff’s Statement of Claim, the Defendant per her Amended  Statement of Defence and Counterclaim filed as many as 57 paragraphs.  

1.2 However, per her witness statement which eventually metamorphosed into her  Evidence-In-Chief, the Defendant reduced her case to only 23 paragraphs, (see the  Amended Witness Statement filed on 30th March, 2017).  

1.3 The Plaintiff also added 34 paragraphs to her case by way of her Amended Reply  and Defence to counterclaim. 

1.4 The Plaintiff filed an Amended Witness Statement on 30th May, 2017 and followed  it up with a supplementary witness statement. On 30th May, 2017, a exactly a year  after filing her witness statement, the Plaintiff…

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