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MRS. VERONICA SARHENE AND MRS. MARY ATTA SIAW
V.
EDWARD NASSAR & CO. LTD. & ORS. AND PAUL OTCHERE & 14 ORS.

(2019) JELR 67481 (SC)

Supreme Court 24 Jul 2019 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over the sale of a property owned by the 1st defendant, known as Edward Nassar Supermarket, in Kumasi. - The plaintiffs purchased the property from the 1st defendant through an agreement for sale and paid the p

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/18/2019
Judges:BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING), GBADEGBE JSC, BENIN JSC, APPAU JSC, PWAMANG JSC
Counsel:PAUL ADU-GYAMFI FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS,KWAME ADOM-APPIAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS; SULLEY SAMBIAN FOR THE CO-DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS

BAFFOE-BONNIE, JSC

We wish to place on record from the very onset that we find no merit in the appeal and therefore dismiss same. We believe that the judgment of the Court of Appeal discussed the very essential issues and more, and came to the right conclusions. We therefore see this short write up as confirming the very unassailable judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal.

This case commenced in the High Court, Kumasi on 12th October, 1998 and for more than twenty years it is still pending in the courts as the co-defendants have appealed against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 19th October, 2016. This is a sad narrative of the manner we deliver justice to law abiding parties who seek redress from our courts, particularly in a case such as this one which is quite straight forward. We hope that this delivery will signal the end of a matter which we believe could have been curtailed by resort to legal arguments.

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