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EDITH AKROFI AND ORS
V.
NAOMI NAADU LARTEY AND ORS

(2017) JELR 107998 (HC)

High Court 17 May 2017 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over the ownership of a property in Accra, Ghana. - The plaintiffs claim that the property belongs to the descendants of Koley Kotey and the children of Emmanuel Awuley Lartey and Emmanuel Akrofi. - The plainti

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. BMISC 745/2016
Judges:JUSTICE PATIENCE MILLS-TETTEH (MRS.)
Counsel:JOSEPH NICHOLAS NKRUMAH FOR THE PLAINTIFFS; ERNEST AHENKORAH HOLDING BRIEF FOR FRANK ADEEKU FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND DEFENDANTS.

JUDGMENT

MILLS-TETTEH (MRS.), J.

Parties are both the descendants of Koley Kotey and the children of  Emmanuel Awuley Lartey (deceased) and Emmanuel Akrofi (deceased).  By their endorsement on the writ of summons and statement of claim  the plaintiffs sued the defendants for the following reliefs: 

a) Declaration that the entire property described as House No.  D 245/ 3 situate at Timber Market Junction, Amamomo in  Accra belongs to the descendants of Koley Kotey and for  that matter the children of both Emmanuel Awuley Lartey  (deceased) and Emmanuel Akrofi (deceased).  

b) An order directed at both parties to look for a common  investor who shall develop the entire property to the benefit  of all of them, that is, the children of both Emmanuel  Awuley Lartey and Emmanuel Akrofi and the proceeds  shared between them.

c) An order setting aside any purported alienation made by any  of the children of the deceased brothers (any of the parties  therein) as null and void and of no effect.

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