[2024]DLHC17989 • December 4, 2024 • High Court
BAFFOUR KWAKU MANU vs. YAW AGYEMANG
The plaintiff, surviving spouse of the deceased Dinah Manu, sued the defendant, the deceased's son from a prior relationship, seeking declarations that certain properties listed in the Letters of Administration inventory were jointly owned by the plaintiff and deceased and should be shared equally, and that the defendant account for goods and money locked up since the deceased's death. The defendant denied joint ownership, claiming the properties were self-acquired by the deceased. The dispute involved multiple properties including land plots, intellectual property rights, bank accounts, and goods in locked stores.
read moreJUDGMENT The plaintiff, the surviving spouse of Dinah Manu also known as Dinah Boakye (deceased) sues the son of the deceased from an earlier relationship for the following reliefs: - a. A declaration that the property listed in the inventory of the application for Letters of Administration is jointly owned between plaintiff and the late Dinah Manu and so should be shared equally. b. A declaration that per PNDCL 111 the plaintiff’s late wife’s property be shared among the interested parties accordingly. c. That the defendant be made to account for all the goods and money in the respective stores which he had locked up since his mother died. PLAINTIFF’S CASE The plaintiff states that the wife, Dinah Manu died on 13th December, 2011 after they have been married for 19 years and blessed with a son, Baffour Siko. The defendant, the son of the wife from an earlier relationship through a letter invited him to join him and the mother of the deceased wife to obtain Letters o...