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GREGORY AGANA AMOAH
V.
STEPHANY ABOKZELE

(2016) JELR 64578 (CA)

Court of Appeal 29 Feb 2016 Ghana
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- Plaintiff and Defendant, formerly married, disputed ownership of four land plots and an Opel Astra vehicle; Plaintiff claimed sole acquisition, Defendant contended for joint ownership based on marital status and alleged joint enterprise f

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: H1/06/2014
Judges:ADJEI JA – PRESIDING, LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA, ACKAH-YENSU JA
Counsel:GEORGE FUSEINI ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT,ISSAH MOHAMMED ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

ADJEI, J.A:

On 31st July, 2012, the High Court Bolgatanga gave judgment in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent herein against the Defendant/Appellant for all the reliefs endorsed on the Plaintiff’s writ of summons. The Court dismissed the Defendant/Appellant’s counterclaim for failing to prove it. The relief (b) endorsed on the writ of summons was the same as relief (a) on the Defendant’s counterclaim. The Defendant/Appellant dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial High Court filed a Notice of Appeal against same to this Court on 28th September, 2012. There was only one ground of appeal on the notice of appeal and that was the omnibus clause,that the judgment is against the weight of evidence on record. The Defendant/Appellant applied for leave to amend his notice of Appeal and same was granted on 24th July, 2013. On 5th August 2013 the Defendant/Appellant filed his amended Notice of Appeal. One more ground of appeal was added to the omnibus ground. The grounds of appeal as …

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