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GRACE ARTHUR
V.
SHARON OFORI YEBOAH

(2015) JELR 65083 (CA)

Court of Appeal 19 Feb 2015 Ghana
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- The case is an appeal against the High Court's ruling on 19th February 2014, involving plaintiff/appellant Grace Arthur and defendant/respondent Sharon Ofori Yeboah. - The plaintiff claimed a binding tenancy agreement with the late Kwaku

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL: H1/227/2014
Judges:OFOE (JA) (PRESIDING), ACQUAYE (JA), MARGARET WELBOURNE (JA)
Counsel:KWAME OWIREDU FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT,BOSSY BANSON FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

MARGARET WELBOURNE, JA

This is an appeal against the ruling of the High Court dated 19th February, 2014.

The background to the case is that the plaintiff/appellant, Grace Arthur, sued the defendant/respondent Sharon Ofori Yeboah at the District Court, claiming the following reliefs:

i. Declaration that there is a binding tenancy between the plaintiff and the late Kwaku Ofori Yeboah, father of the defendant, covering the premises.

ii. An order for specific performance of the tenancy agreement between the plaintiff and the said Kwaku O. Yeboah.

iii. Recovery of possession

iv. An order for injunction restraining the defendant and all those who claim title through the late Kwaku Ofori-Yeboah from interfering with the plaintiff’s possession of the subject matter.

v. Costs

The defendant in her Statement of Defence admitted that the plaintiff had an agreement with her deceased father for which an amount of GH¢900.00 had been paid to her father. She further averred that the premises had been willed t…

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