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VERONICA COMMODORE MENSAH
V.
MICHAEL KOJO NARTEY

(2019) JELR 108342 (HC)

High Court 27 Jun 2019 Ghana
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- The case involves a married couple whose marriage has ended and the plaintiff has left the matrimonial home. - The defendant has remarried and is currently living in the matrimonial home with his new wife. - The plaintiff claims that the

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. LD/0870/2018
Judges:K. A. GYIMAH J.
Counsel:1. JERRY JOHN KOFI ASIEDU FOR PLAINTIFF. 2. PRINCE FREDERICK NII ASHIE NEEQUAYE FOR DEFENDANT.

JUDGMENT

GYIMAH J.

Introduction 

The parties in this suit were a married couple but their marriage unfortunately fell on  the rocks. The plaintiff left the matrimonial home after the marriage was dissolved but  the defendant remarried and he is currently living in the said matrimonial home with  his new wife. The said matrimonial home is described as Parcel number 90 Block 1  Section 34 situated at Lartebiokorshie, which is the subject matter of this present suit. 

Plaintiff’s case 

It is the plaintiff’s case that during the marriage, the defendant’s brother bought the  house in dispute for them as a gift which they hold together in equal shares with the  documents duly registered in their joint names. The plaintiff avers that they pulled  down part of the house and reconstructed a new house by their joint efforts. The  plaintiff asserts that when she moved out of the property after the dissolution of their  marriage, the defendant has appropriated the building to himself and has denied…

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