NANCY LARYEA AND AGNES LARYEA
V.
JAMES ADJEI AND 4 OTHERS

(2006) JELR 65761 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CIVIL APPEAL NO. C.A. 46/2002 · 17 Feb 2006 · Ghana

CORAM

FARKYE JA [PRESIDING], ABBAN JA [MRS.], MARFUL SAU J.A

Core Terms ^Beta

evidence

co-defendant

kweiki quaynor

plaintiffs

respondents

defendants

house no. e.

2nd respondent

learned trial judge

yemoteley ashong

trial judge

letters of administration

late kweiki quaynor

cross-examination

purported documents

1st respondent

additional grounds of appeal

circuit court

deceased mother

declaration of ownership

defence counsel

dw1

ebenezer asiamah of the valuation department

evidence of the accra metropolitan assembly

evidence of the plaintiff

evidence ought

facts of this case

finding of the trial judge

following orders

following reliefs

inter alia

joint owners of the said property

judgment of his honour g.n. minta

land valuation board list vol.

material issues

material witness

mother kweiki quaynor

original ground of appeal

ownership of the property

owners of the property

proof of the ownership of the property

property rates bills

statement of claim

supreme court

theresa laryea

weight of evidence

JUDGMENT

ABBAN, JA

This is an appeal against the judgment of His Honour G.N. Minta sitting at the Circuit Court, Accra and delivered on 5th February 2002 which judgment went against the Co-Defendant/Appellant.

The Plaintiffs (hereinafter called the Respondents) issued out a writ for the recovery of possession of all the rooms the defendants occupy in House No. E. 487/16, Maamobi, Accra. The Co-Defendant (hereinafter called the Appellant) counter-claimed for the following reliefs:—

1. A declaration that House No. E. 487/16, Maamobi belonged to Yemoteley Ashong (Deceased).

2. A declaration that the distribution of the Estate done by the elders after the demise of Yemoteley Ashong was valid; or in the alternative.

3. An order for the distribution of the Estate of Yamoteley Ashong to her children.

4. A declaration of ownership to the late Kweiki Quaynor and Co-Defendant, Madam Afua Allotey.

5 . A declaration that the purported documents on the house are void.

6. An order of perpetual injunction re…

NANCY LARYEA AND AGNES LARYEA V. JAMES ADJEI AND 4 OTHERS

NANCY LARYEA AND AGNES LARYEA
V.
JAMES ADJEI AND 4 OTHERS