OPANIN YAW OKYERE vs. OPANIN APPENTENG AND AKUA ADOMAA

BROBBEY JSC: I have had the benefit of reading in advance the opinion of my learned brother Date-Bah JSC. I agree with his analyses of the facts and the law as well as his interpretation of the law, particularly in respect of the devolution of the state of deceased persons to beneficiaries and devisees before vesting assents are granted The import of the judgment in this case is this: when a person died testate or intestate, his estate dissolves on the executor or personal representative until vesting assent have been executed to the beneficiaries or devisees; until that granted the beneficiaries and devisees have no …………or locus standi over any portion of the estate. In the light of the peculiar circumstances that sometimes bedevil the administration of estates in this country, it is felt that some clarification is necessary on the interpretation of the law as given in this judgment so that we may not be taken as interpreting the law to result in absurdity. It is commo...