MADAM BEATRICE APPAH V. ALEXANDER OSEI
(2024) JELR 112500 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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CIVIL APPEAL NO: HI/051/2024
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18 Apr 2024
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Ghana
Coram
GEORGINA MENSAH-DATSA (MRS.) J.A. (PRESIDING)
ALEX OWUSU OFORI J.A.
SAMUEL OBENG-DIAWUO JA.
Appearances
NANA OBIRI BOAHEN FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT
KWADWO DEI KWARTENG FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT
Judgement
<p style="text-align: center"><strong><u>JUDGMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>OBENG-DIAWUO (JA)</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>INTRODUCTION</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">This appeal emanates from the judgment of the High Court, Kumasi, dated the 31st day of March, 2022, in which the Learned Trial Judge dismissed the plaintiff/appellant’s claim and entered judgment for the defendant/respondent on his counterclaim. In this judgment the plaintiff/appellant will be simply known as the plaintiff and the defendant/respondent, the defendant.</p><p><strong><u>THE FACTS</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">The facts that gave birth to the instant case are straightforward devoid of any complexities. They may be summed up as follows:</p><p style="text-align: justify">The plaintiff is a Former District Director of Ghana Health Service.She started as a staff-Nurse in 1981 and rose through the ranks to the position of a Deputy Director of Nursing Service. She hit the ultimate in her choosing career when in 2004 she was appointedas the District Director of Health Service.</p><p style="text-align: justify">In or around the year 1986, she met one Baffour Owusu Agyemang who was then an Auditor of PBC Limited and begun an amorous relationship with him. This…</p>