PHILIP KOFI ACHEAMPONG, EBENEZER ADU GYAMFI vs. MONICA BOATENG

JUDGMENT The history of this case as agreed upon by Counsel for the parties is that the plaintiffs applied for Letters of Administration to administer the estate of their brother, Ebenezer Obeng Akrofi, who died intestate. Claiming that she was the wife of the deceased, the defendant caveated and applied to be joined as an administrator of the deceased’s estate. The plaintiffs resisted her application on the ground that the deceased allegedly divorced the defendant before his death. To determine whether the defendant was the wife of the deceased at the time of his death and whether she qualified to be joined to the plaintiffs as an administrators of the deceased’s estate, the plaintiffs filed this suit. Briefly, the facts of this case are that the first plaintiff, Philip Kofi Acheampong, is a brother and customary successor of Emmanuel Obeng Akrofi (deceased) while the second plaintiff, Ebenezer Adu Gyamfi, is the first plaintiff’s older brother. The defendant, Monica Boateng...