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MRS PATRICIA MORTON
V.
VICTORIA AYAAGO SEKYI

(2016) JELR 108388 (HC)

High Court 16 Jun 2016 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, Patricia Morton, filed a suit against defendant, Victoria Ayaago Sekyi, for various reliefs related to a disputed land that belonged to their late grandmother. - Plaintiff claimed that the land in dispute was part of the undist

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Suit Number:FAL/206/13
Judges:BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)
Counsel:ANDREWS TETTEH FOR PLAINTIFF

JUDGMENT 

Plaintiff, Patricia Morton, in her capacity as a beneficiary of the estate of her late grandmother, Dorcas Adjoafio Kwei Mensah, hereafter referred to as the  deceased, filed a suit in the High Court against defendant, Victoria Ayaago  Sekyi, for the following reliefs; 

1. A declaration that the land in dispute formed part of the undistributed  estate of the late Dorcas Adjoafio Kwei Mensah 

2. Recovery of possession of the said parcel of land 

3. Damages for trespass 

4. Perpetual injunction to restrain defendant and her agents from  continuing with the uncompleted building on the land in dispute 

5. An order for mesne profit directed against defendant for occupation and use of the land in dispute from the time of her illegal occupation to date  of judgment or delivery up of possession. 

Plaintiff’s case, as can be gleaned from her statement of claim, is that the  deceased was the grandmother of the parties. The land in dispute formed part  of the undistributed estate of the de…

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