IN RE BLANKSON-HEMANS (DECD.); BLANKSON-HEMANS vs. MONNEY AND ANOTHER

The plaintiff in this suit is the wife of the late Dr. Gabriel Blankson-Hemans. She was married under the Marriage Ordinance, Cap. 127 (1951 Rev.), to the deceased on 27 December 1963. As the marriage certificate (exhibit A) states, before the solemnization of the marriage she had already been married under native custom to the deceased for some years. The deceased was an Akan. After the death of her husband the plaintiff applied to the court for letters of administration to enable her to administer the estate of the deceased. When her application was filed the first caveatrix, the mother of the deceased, caveated. Claiming in her capacity as head of family she contended that she was the proper person to be granted letters of administration. The second caveatrix also caveated, claiming to be a widow of the deceased and also as the proper person to administer the estate. As the plaintiff and the two caveatrixes failed to agree as to which of them should be granted letters of admin...