SAMUEL KORMLA AGBALE V. EKUVOR AGBALE LADZAGLA, KWASIVI AGBALE LADZAGLA & JAMES KOFI LADZAGLA
(2023) JELR 111235 (SC)
Supreme Court
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J4/83/2022
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26 Jul 2023
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Ghana
Coram
OWUSU (MS.) JSC
LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC
PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC
ASIEDU JSC
KOOMSON JSC
Appearances
TASSAH TAPHA TASSAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT
SEYRAM DARBI ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/RESPONDENTS
Judgement
<p><strong><u>ASIEDU JSC:-</u></strong></p><p><strong>INTRODUCTION:</strong></p><p>My Lords, this appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Accra dated the 20th day of May 2020. In the said judgment, the Court of Appeal set aside the judgment of the High Court, Accra delivered on the 26th July 2016 in favour of the Plaintiff against the Defendants herein. The Court of Appeal also dismissed the Plaintiff’s claims and entered judgment in favour of the Defendants herein on their counterclaim. Aggrieved, the Plaintiff has appealed to this Court per a Notice of Appeal filed on the 24th June 2020.</p><p><strong>FACTS:</strong></p><p>William Quao Anipatie (deceased) was the owner of House Number D498/4 Jones Nelson Road, Adabraka Accra. His father was Amega Agbale Ladzagla (deceased) who married five women. William Quao Anipatie’s mother was Yedinu Agbale, the first wife of Amega Agbale Ladzagla. The Plaintiff’s father, Dugbaza Kale Anipatie was a brother of the full blood with William Quao Anipatie. The Plaintiff claims that after the death of William Quao Anipatie…</p>