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ELIZABETH TEI & 2 ORS
V.
EMMANUEL AYITEY SOWAH & ANOR

(2018) JELR 108266 (HC)

High Court 14 Mar 2018 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over ownership of a property in Accra, Ghana. - The Circuit Court previously ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, declaring them the absolute owners of the property. - The plaintiffs, who are administrators of the

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. BMISC/665/10
Judges:K.A, GYIMAH, J
Counsel:1. NICHOLAS ADDAE TWENEBOAH FOR PLAINTIFFS. 2. ADJEI LARTEY WITH MUDA ADE LAWAL FOR DEFENDANTS.

JUDGMENT

GYIMAH, J.

Introduction

On 30th November 2009, the Circuit Court sitting in Accra presided over by Her  Honour Mrs. Patience Mills Tetteh (as she then was) gave judgment in Suit No.  C1/17/08; Emmanuel Ayitey Sowah and anor v. Elizabeth Amaney Teye where she  declared on page 7 of the judgment that the plaintiffs (defendants in this suit) are  absolute owners of the property in dispute. The said judgment was admitted in  evidence in this suit as exhibit C. The said Elizabeth Ayitey Sowah is the predecessor  in title of the plaintiffs in this suit. 

In arriving at her decision, the learned judge considered two main documents – a  tenancy agreement between Margaret Abam and D. Tei George (which was tendered  in evidence in this suit by the plaintiffs as exhibit D and by the defendants as exhibit  3) and a receipt from Margaret Abam to D. Tei George (which was also tendered in  evidence in this case by the plaintiffs as exhibit B and the defendants as exhibit 4). 

The learned judg…

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