LESLIE NARTEY MARBELL AND DUDLEY NARTEY MARBELL vs. SALAMATU MARBELL

HENRY KWOFIE J.A This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court Accra delivered on 27th day of January 2015. The trial judge dismissed the claim of the plaintiffs and entered judgement in favour of the defendant on her counter claim in respect of the disputed house No. 29, Mensah Wood Road, Ambassadorial Enclave, East Legon, Accra. The facts leading to this appeal are that Victor Adolphus Tatse Marbell (deceased) was a Commissioner of Police in the Ghana Police Service and Director of Special Branch, Ghana. He left Ghana on 4th January 1982 for the United Kingdom whilst still in active service and did not return to Ghana until his death on 7th February 2009 in the United Kingdom where he was buried. The two plaintiffs are the children of the late Victor Adolphus Tatse Marbell whom he had with different mothers prior to marrying the defendant in June, 1971. The defendant was a Chief Superintendent of Police in the Ghana Police Service and had 2 children with the deceased. T...