BENJAMIN KWASI YEBOAH AND ELIZABETH NSIAH vs. JOSEPH OWUSU AND AMA SERWAA

Samuel Kwame Yeboah, father and husband respectively of the plaintiffs, died on Christmas Day of 1963. It must be stated however that the defendants have disputed the assertion that the second plaintiff was the widow of Samuel Kwame Yeboah (S.K.Yeboah) at the time of his death. They averred that the marriage between them had fallen apart and consequently dissolved in the lifetime of the deceased. It is asserted by the plaintiffs that Samuel Kwame Yeboah put up several houses in his lifetime. According to the testimonies of first plaintiff, and one Kwasi Ashia, called by the plaintiffs as their first witnesses, (PW1 to be called hereafter), he owned fives houses at the time of his death, three located at Akokeri-Adansi, one each at Kinkanse and Dichemso in Kumasi. The Dichemso house, Plot 2, Block V, is what is in dispute in this action. It is asserted that the other houses at Akokeri have been disposed of by his immediate customary successor, one John Kwame Owusu. The plaintiffs ...