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GRACE ARTHUR V. SHARON OFORI YEBOAH

(2015) JELR 65083 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  CIVIL APPEAL: H1/227/2014  •  19 Feb 2015  •  Ghana

Coram
OFOE (JA) (PRESIDING), ACQUAYE (JA), MARGARET WELBOURNE (JA)

Judgement

MARGARET WELBOURNE, JA

This is an appeal against the ruling of the High Court dated 19th February, 2014.

The background to the case is that the plaintiff/appellant, Grace Arthur, sued the defendant/respondent Sharon Ofori Yeboah at the District Court, claiming the following reliefs:

i. Declaration that there is a binding tenancy between the plaintiff and the late Kwaku Ofori Yeboah, father of the defendant, covering the premises.

ii. An order for specific performance of the tenancy agreement between the plaintiff and the said Kwaku O. Yeboah.

iii. Recovery of possession

iv. An order for injunction restraining the defendant and all those who claim title through the late Kwaku Ofori-Yeboah from interfering with the plaintiff’s possession of the subject matter.

v. Costs

The defendant in her Statement of Defence admitted that the plaintiff had an agreement with her deceased father for which an amount of GH¢900.00 had been paid to her father. She further averred that the premises had been willed t…

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