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VERONICA OPOKU (SUING PER HER LAWFUL ATTORNEY MS. DOROTHY POKU)
V.
MARY LARTEY

(2018) JELR 65710 (SC)

Supreme Court 24 Jan 2018 Ghana
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- The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the decision of the High Court in favor of the plaintiff. - The plaintiff claimed ownership of a house in Ghana that she purchased from Doris Lolonyo Hotse, and put her son in occupation. -

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL MOTION NO. J4/14/2016
Judges:ADINYIRA JSC (PRESIDING), DOTSE JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, GBADEGBE JSC ,AKOTO-BAMFO JSC
Counsel:SHAHADU MOHAMMED FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT,KWAKU ANKAMA OFEI-BADU FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT

JUDGMENT

AKOTO-BAMFO, JSC

On the 5th of February 2015, the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision, dismissed an appeal lodged against the decision of the High Court entered in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent.

The defendant/appellant/appellant promptly registered her protest against the decision by filing a Notice of Appeal consisting of 6 grounds.

For the ease of reference, the parties shall, hereafter simply be referred to as plaintiff and defendant.

Briefly, the events which culminated into the present proceedings, run as follows:

Richard Peprah (deceased) was one of the plaintiff’s (Veronica Opoku) children. They both resided in the U.S.A. In 1984, Richard was involved in a ghastly motor accident which left him with serious permanent injuries; (and now, this is where the divergence begins)

According to the mother, she subsequently travelled to Accra Ghana in the year 2000 and purchased the House in issue, No C48/22. Abofu, Accra from one Doris Lolonyo Hotse; the transactio…

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