IN RE ANIM-ADDO (DECD); NKANSAH ALIAS ANANE AND ANOTHER vs. AMOMAH-ADDO AND ANOTHER

JUDGMENT OF ARYEE AG.J. This application is brought under section 13 (1) of the Wills Act, 1971 (Act 360). In it the applicant who is the widow of the testator, prays the court for an order for financial provision for herself and for the infant son of the testator aged eight years. In her affidavit in support, the applicant states that the contents of the will were made known to the family on 19 April 1988 through the normal means. The will provided that the widow be given the sum of ¢100,000. The provision made for the said infant son is that he should be educated to secondary school level. The bulk of the estate left to a niece of the testator, comprised of 45 houses including the matrimonial home, shares in companies, plots of land, government stocks and cash balances. Two affidavits in opposition were filed on behalf of the respondents by Amomah-Addo, one of the executors, and Abena Asantewaah, one of the beneficiaries under the testator’s will. They claim that the nu...