BROBBEY J.: The appellant is the owner of H/No. 359, North Kaneshie. He rented it to the respondent-company (hereinafter referred to as the respondents) in 1981 for without doubt, residential purposes only. The respondents occupied the house through their directors. In November 1984 the appellant wrote to the respondents to terminate the agreement by December 1984. The respondents, through their solicitors, replied in writing on 2 February 1985 asking for “a reasonable time to hunt for alternative dwelling house.” The appellant gave the respondents up to the end of May 1985 for their said hunt for alternative house and to quit. Thereafter, the respondents did not quit but further correspondence on similar lines ensued with the appellant writing to give more time and insisting on the respondents vacating the premises while the respondents kept asking for more time to look for another place.
The appellant finally issued a writ in the district court in which he claimed recovery of possess…