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VALCIMA VALCIN
V.
MARILYN VALCIN & ANOR

(2023) JELR 114310 (CA)

Court of Appeal 7 Jul 2023 Ghana
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Case Details

Suit Number:LD/0483/2021
Judges:HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH
Counsel:FELIX QUARTEY WITH KEVIN QUARTEY FOR PLAINTIFF. 1ST DEFENDANT UNREPRESENTED. JAMES ABIADUKA FOR 2ND DEFENDANT.
Location:Accra

JUDGMENT

Introduction

This is a case which brings to the fore issues of co-ownership especially the communal holding of interest in a piece of property between a husband and wife and the creation of third party rights by one of them without the involvement of the other.

Plaintiff’s case

It is the plaintiff’s case that the 1 defendant is his wife though they are separated and that he is a joint owner of the property in dispute with the 1 defendant. It is the case of the plaintiff that he, together with the 1 defendant, acquired the land over which the property in dispute is situate in the year 1995 from one Nii Adjetey Obene Wolomo. They went into immediate possession after acquiring the land and developed part of the land which they used as their matrimonial home but the plaintiff later vacated the property after the marriage between the parties developed some issues. The 1 defendant however continued to reside in the property.

The plaintiff asserts that it came to his recent attention tha…

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