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EVELYN NYARKOA OBENG AND VICTORIA SOLOMON
V.
DAOUD ANUM YEMOH

(2019) JELR 65888 (HC)

High Court 29 Jul 2019 Ghana
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- The plaintiffs, Victoria Solomon and Evelyn Nyarkoa Obeng, bought four plots of land from the defendant, a former member of Ghana's Parliament. - The plaintiffs believed the defendant had the authority to sell the land as the lawful attor

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: GJ/1012/2018
Judges:HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO
Counsel:MR. FRANCIS KUMAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF; KWASI APPIAH KORANG FOR THE DEFENDANT.

JUDGMENT

 ACKAAH-BOAFO, J.

Introduction:

[1] The Plaintiffs, Victoria Solomon and Evelyn Nyarkoa Obeng are mother and daughter respectively. According to the pleadings the Defendant is a former Honourable member of Ghana’s Parliament and he represented the Obom-Domeabra Constituency in the Greater Accra Region. The Plaintiffs contend that sometime in or about the year 2000 they bought four plots of land (two each) situate at Lakeside Estates at Adenta in Accra from the Defendant for GH¢4,500 per plot. According to the Plaintiffs they believed the Defendant had capacity and authority to deal with them as the Lawful Attorney of the Anum Yemo family based on the representations he made to them. The Plaintiffs contend that after paying the money for the plots of land they deposited quarry stones and sand on the land to commence construction but they were confronted by land guards who drove them away on the grounds that their Vendor is not the owner of the land.

[2] It is the case of the Plain…

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