OPPONG
V.
FRY-NARTEY

ANSAH-TWUM J.: This matter was originated by a complaint to the rent officer of the Sekondi-Takoradi City Area by the plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter referred to as the landlord) as against the defendant-appellant (hereinafter referred to as the tenant). The complaint lodged reads as follows:

“Mr. Oppong who is the proprietor of Pakos Lodge rented the first floor of my storey-building for his bandsmen. The bandsmen of late became a nuisance to the inmates of the house and those around us. Each time they returned from dance fully intoxicated with alcohol and Indian hemp smoking, they turned the whole area upside down. Some engaged themselves in fighting over girls they brought along with them, whilst others went to the extent of throwing bottles and other missiles. There was an occasion when one of the bandsmen pulled out a knife to stab another bandsman and had it not been for the timely intervention of a passer-by who was attracted by the unusual noise to the scene it would have bee…