YAOTEY vs. QUAYE [1961]DLHC9296

Date	1961-10-16
Suit No.	[1961] GLR 573-584
Citation No.	[1961]DLHC9296

OLLENNU J.

A. G. HEWARD-MILLS FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

J. QUASHIE-IDUN FOR THE DEFENDANT

[1961]DLHC9296
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >YAOTEY<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>QUAYE<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">[1961] GLR 573-584&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:16TH OCTOBER, 1961<o:p></o:p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">A. G.
HEWARD-MILLS FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0cm;">J. QUASHIE-IDUN FOR THE DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">OLLENNU,
J.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">These
proceedings are in respect of the administration of the estate of Robert Anyai
Yaotey, deceased. The said deceased died intestate on the 18th January, 1961.
He was married under the Marriage Ordinance1 but had been divorced for about 21
years before his death. The plaintiff and two other children of the deceased, a
boy and a girl, are issues of the marriage. Since the said Yaotey left issue of
his marriage under the said Marriage Ordinance surviving him, succession to his
estate is governed by section 48 of the said Marriage Ordinance. Under that
section the plaintiff and her said brother and sister, as children of the
deceased are entitled to share in the distribution of the estate of their said
father.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The plaintiff claims
that she and the two other children of her mother by the deceased, are the only
lawful children of the deceased, and that she is the proper person to whom
letters should be granted to administer the estate of her late father.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The defendant
opposed the application of the plaintiff for grant of letters to her as the
sole administratrix of the estate. Her case is that she is a widow of the
deceased by marriage under customary law and that she has a child by the
deceased. Impliedly the defendant maintained that the child by the deceased is
also a lawful child and that both she and her said child are entitled to share
in the distribution of the estate under section 48 of the Marriage Ordinance.
And those were the main issues canvassed in this case. They are set out in
summons for directions filed by the plaintiff's solicitor as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">"(1) whether or not the
defendant was married to Robert Anyai Yaotey, deceased, as alleged by the
defendant in her statement of defence;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">(2) whether or not the defendant is the
proper person entitled to grant of letters of administration;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">(3) whether or not the defendant and
her daughter by the deceased are entitled to a third share of the deceased's
estate as alleged by the defendant in the statement of defence."<o:p></o:p>