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KPORFOR AND ANOTHER
V.
SOSU

(1978) JELR 65929 (HC)

High Court 24 Oct 1978 Ghana
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- The plaintiff sued the defendants for breach of a marriage agreement and claimed damages of ¢200. - The trial magistrate entered judgment for the plaintiff and awarded damages and costs. - The defendants appealed the judgment on several g

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Judges:LAMPTEY J.
Counsel:AMESIMEKU FOR THE APPELLANTS; GIKUNOO FOR THE RESPONDENT.

LAMPTEY J.

In the court below the plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter called the plaintiff) sued the defendants-appellants (hereinafter called the defendants) jointly and severally and claimed the sum of ¢200 being damages for breach of marriage agreement. The particulars of the claim were set out in extension language following:

“The first defendant agreed to marry the plaintiff and upon this agreement directed the plaintiff to consult the second defendant, the father of the first defendant, who also agreed that the first defendant should marry the plaintiff and accepted all the required head moneys from the plaintiff in accordance with customary marriage rules. That after the plaintiff had offered all the required expenses, the first defendant refused to come to the plaintiff as his wife upon the advice of the second defendant.”

He also claimed the sum of ¢137 being head money and expenses made on the first defendant.

After the trial magistrate had heard all the evidence he entered judgm…

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