YAW ABOAGYE
V.
DARLING TUFFOUR

(2012) JELR 63863 (HC)

High Court · INDL 14/2008 · 14 Oct 2012 · Ghana

CORAM

KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

plaintiff’s property

money lender

plaintiff’s un-numbered property

detention of his documents

sum of gh

plaintiff pays

statement of claim

loan of gh

plaintiff’s claim

plaintiff

defendant

unlawful detention of the said title deeds

amount of gh

licensed money lender

judicial sale of plaintiff

exhibit a.

current case counsel

said documents

evidence

financial assistance

court shows

date of final payment

north gbawe

court

virtue of the moneylenders act

title deed of the plaintiff

signed note

defendant’s account

exhibit b.

payment of the cheque

house no.

evidence shows

tribunal of fact

respect of the documents

material witness

current case

written instruction

terms of contract

said loan

court holds

court of appeal

written document

issues

promissory notes

total of gh

maye kom mehwe onyame association

sufficient funds

various sums of monies

interest

JUDGMENT

ASUMAN-ADU, J.

The Plaintiff issued out writ of summons on 31^st October 2008 against the Defendant for the following reliefs:-

1) A declaration that the seizure and detention of the title deeds to the Plaintiff’s property are unlawful.

2) An order compelling the Defendant to deliver the title deeds to Plaintiff’s un-numbered property situate at North Gbawe, Accra and House No. 18, Tseebia Toto Avenue, North Gbawe, Accra to him.

3) Damages for unlawful detention of the said title deeds.

The Plaintiff accompanied his writ with statement of claim in which he explained the circumstances leading to the alleged seizure and detention of his documents on his property by the Defendant. The Defendant entered appearance on 18^th November 2008 and went on to file her Statement of Defence on 12^th December 2008 in which she denied the Plaintiff’s claim and counter claimed as follows:-

1) Recovery, the sum of GH¢180,000.00 owed to Defendant since January 2006, payable with interest at prevailing co…

YAW ABOAGYE V. DARLING TUFFOUR

JUDGMENT

YAW ABOAGYE
V.
DARLING TUFFOUR