Asante v. Abban

237 N.J. Super. 495 (1989)

568 A.2d 146

JOHN ASANTE, PLAINTIFF

v.

ELIZABETH ABBAN, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Bergen County.

Decided July 26, 1989.

Samuel Lachs for plaintiff.

John F. Whitteaker for defendant (Orbe, Nugent, Collins, & Darcy, attorneys).

TROAST, J.S.C.

This case arises out of a dispute concerning the disposition of property jointly acquired by an engaged couple who never married. Plaintiff, John Asante, had been engaged to Benedicta Musey. Plaintiff and Benedicta Musey met in Accra, Ghana where they became engaged in November 1983. That engagement was broken…