GOLIGHTLY AND OTHERS vs. VANDERPUYE

The plaintiffs are the children of one Odartey Golightly, deceased. The first two by marriage under customary law and the other six by two marriages under the Marriage Ordinance1(1). The said Odartey died intestate on the 22nd February, 1927, and was survived by his second wife by marriage under the Ordinance, his said children and his younger brother Kojo Golightly. By an indenture of lease dated the 9th May, 1945, Kojo Golightly demised to one Charles Annan Vanderpuye, now deceased, the piece of land now in dispute. The defendant is the head of the family of the said Charles Annan Vanderpuye. The claim of the plaintiffs is for a declaration that the said land was the self-acquired property of their late father, that the demise of the same to the said C.A. Vanderpuye is null and void and conferred no interest in the said land upon the said C.A. Vanderpuye on the grounds that the demise was made without their knowledge and consent. They also claim an order for recovery of possessio...