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PERCY BARNOR & ORS.
V.
LEON APPENTENG & ANOR.

(2016) JELR 108527 (HC)

High Court 13 Jun 2016 Ghana
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- Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against defendants seeking various reliefs, including unpaid rents from 1972 to 2008. - Defendants denied the plaintiffs' claims and raised several issues for the court to determine. - The court found that the p

Case Details

Suit Number:BMISC 580/2012
Judges:JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU
Counsel:S. M. Asante Esq. for the plaintiffs; Fred Amanpene Esq. for the defendants.

JUDGMENT

ASUMAN-ADU, J.

Plaintiffs commenced the instant action against the defendants by filing  writ of summons together with statement of claim on 5th April 2012 for  the following reliefs: 

a. Declaration that the late S. C. Appenteng failed or neglected to  pay rents to the plaintiffs’ predecessors in title or to the plaintiffs from 1972 to 2008. 

b. That the Administrators of the estate of the late S. C. Appenteng  are liable to account for the unpaid rents payable from 1972 to  July 2008. 

c. Interest on the unpaid rents to date of final payments. d. Damages for breach of covenant in the agreement to notice to the  plaintiffs for any grants within 3 months. 

e. Costs. 

Defendants entered appearance on 23rd May, 2012 and went on to file  their statement of defence on 28th November, 2012 denying plaintiff’s claim. On 15th February, 2013 plaintiffs filed a reply to defendants’  statement of defence and application for directions raising the following  issues: 

a. Whether or not the pla…

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