MAGNA TERRIS LTD V. BERTHOLD PAA JOE GADAGBUI

JUDGMENT

AGYEMANG JA:

In this appeal from the decision of the High Court dated 2^nd December 2015, the defendant/appellant (hereafter referred to as the appellant) seeks an order reversing the ruling of the court below which held that the plaintiff/respondent (hereafter referred to as the respondent) had the right to levy charges on the appellant.

The matters that have given rise to the present appeal are as follows:

The respondent in its suit at the court below described itself as a Ghanaian company engaged in the development and management of real estate. The appellant while denying that the respondent was a manager of real estate, acknowledged that the respondent was a developer of estates and that in or about August 2008 he entered into a contract with the respondent for the construction and sale to him of two properties at Kingsville, Oshiokpo-Dawhenya.

In a twist that is difficult to apprehend, the appellant to whom the duly constructed buildings: (46Ca and 46Cb at Kingsville Oshiokpo…