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ZODZEDOR AKUTEYE AND 2 OTHERS
V.
MAD. ADJOA NYARKOAH AND 2 OTHERS

(2015) JELR 63551 (CA)

Court of Appeal 19 Nov 2015 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over the ownership of a house that was allegedly sold fraudulently by the 2nd and 3rd defendants to the 1st defendant. - The trial court found that the sale was invalid because the documents did not comply with

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/ 147/ 2015
Judges:MARFUL-SAU JA (PRESIDING), AGNES DORDZIE JA, L.L. MENSAH JA
Counsel:JULIET DELA AGBOH FOR THE APPELLANT; RICHARD ODUM MENSAH FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

MARFUL-SAU, JA

The subject-matter of this appeal is H/No. D/11 situate at Tsinai-agbor, Ashaiman, which according to the plaintiffs/respondents belonged to their father the late Tsengor Akuteye, but sold to the 1st defendant/appellant fraudulently by the 2nd and 3rd defendants in the suit. According to the plaintiffs/respondents, their father at the time of the alleged sale was very advanced in age and mentally unsound to engage in any sale transaction. The trial court after taking evidence from the parties entered judgment for the plaintiffs/respondents and dismissed the counterclaim of the 1st defendant/appellant.

In his judgment the trial court found that even though the house the subject of the dispute was sold by Tsengor Akuteye, the father of Plaintiff/respondents, he did not appreciate and understand the transaction simply because the documents evidencing the sale had no properly executed jurats indicating that the contents were explained to Tsengor Akuteye in the language he un…

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