ROLAND BURNS-BLISSETT
V.
ELIZABETH ANNAN

(2004) JELR 65744 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CIVIL APPEAL NO. 83/98 · 4 May 2004 · Ghana

CORAM

OMARI SASU J.A. [PRESIDING], ASARE-KORANG J.A., ANINAKWAH J.A..

Core Terms ^Beta

respondent

trial judge

nyaa ekua

evidence

house no. ms.1

learned trial judge

family property

madam ekua duku

appeal

house

members of her family

learned judge

appellate court

arthur roland blissett

atta buadee

house no. tb

counterclaim of the defendant

findings of fact

statement of defence

conclusions of law

declaration of ownership of house no. ms1

default judgment

efua nyaa

following grounds of appeal

francis burns-blissett

funeral rites of madam ekua duku

gold coast

henry francis burns blissett

house no.ms

house no. tb38

houses no. tb

joint efforts of ebusuapanyin atta boadi

judgment of the circuit court

late francis burns-blissett

learned circuit judge

madam ekua doku

nature of the burden

numbered ms.

only evidence

own resources

said nyaa ekua

state insurance company

story of the appellant

sufficient evidence

support of his judgment

volta river authority

widow madam ekua duku

ASARE KORANG J.A.:

This is an appeal against the judgment of the Circuit Court, Tarkwa dated 24th February, 1997 wherein the learned Circuit judge entered judgment in favour of the plaintiff/respondent [hereinafter described as the Respondent], on his claim and dismissed the counterclaim of the Defendant/Appellant [hereinafter called the Appellant].

In the court below, the respondent sued for himself and the children of the late Henry Francis Burns-Blisseth for a declaration of ownership of House No. MS1 situate on main street Tarkwa, possession thereof and perpetual injunction.

In her Statement of Defence, the appellant counterclaimed against the Respondent for a declaration that the house in dispute is family property belonging to the Appellant's family.

In his statement of claim as amended, the Respondent averred that his grandfather was one Francis Burns-Blissett, a Sierra Leonean national who came to the then Gold Coast, now Ghana and worked with the Gold Coast Railway Corporation.

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ROLAND BURNS-BLISSETT V. ELIZABETH ANNAN

ROLAND BURNS-BLISSETT
V.
ELIZABETH ANNAN