JUDGMENT
AYEBI, JA
This is an appeal from the decision of the Ho High Court dated 14th June 2007. The plaintiff/respondent is the tenant of the defendant/appellant, while the co-defendant/appellant is the alleged purchaser of the subject-matter of the tenancy between the plaintiff and defendant.
For ease of reference in this judgment, I will refer to plaintiff/respondent simply as plaintiff, defendant/appellant as defendant and co-defendant/appellant as co-defendant.
The subject-matter of the suit is H/No. ASI-B357 with land situate and lying at Gbedekope, Teshie-Aflao in the Ketu South District. It is owned by the defendant who himself resides at Dzelukope-Lormnavakope in the Keta District. Plaintiff trades mainly in foam mattresses and such products.
In early 1997, the plaintiff saw an uncompleted building consisting of a store and a single room. She desired it for her business. She traced the defendant, whom she got to know as the owner to his place of residence.
Defendant agree…