QUARTEY V. ARMAR

EDUSEI J.: The plaintiff and the defendant who were both Ghanaians, were married in Edinburgh, Scotland, in March 1950. The marriage was dissolved in April 1966 by the Kumasi High Court, and the defendant was the petitioner. The appeal by the plaintiff against the judgment of the Kumasi High Court was dismissed by the Court of Appeal in April 1969.

When the marriage between the plaintiff and the defendant was dissolved in April 1966, the plaintiff mounted this action on 8 December 1966 claiming:

(a) a declaration that the plaintiff, Miss Juliana Charlotte Quartey, formerly Mrs. Armar, is the sole beneficial owner of the property known as house No. C.867/3 Adabraka (hereinafter referred to as “the Adabraka house”) and the property known as house No. B.777/14 Abossey Okai (hereinafter referred to as “the Abossey Okai house”);

(b) an order that the defendant do deliver up to the plaintiff the original deed of conveyance executed on 27 December 1962 and relating to the Adabraka house;

(c) an …