IN RE CANFOR (DECD.); CANFOR vs. KPODO [1968]DLHC9287

Date	1968-02-23
Suit No.	[1968] GLR 177
Citation No.	[1968]DLHC9287

OLLENNU J.A

ODOI FOR THE PLAINTIFF

DEFENDANTS IN PERSON.

[1968]DLHC9287
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN RE CANFOR (DECD.); CANFOR<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KPODO<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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1968<o:p></o:p>

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DEFENDANTS IN PERSON.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>JUDGMENT
OF OLLENNU J.A.<o:p></o:p>The
proceedings in this case began with an application by the plaintiff for the
grant of letters&nbsp; to administer the
estate of her deceased husband, the late Sydney Signate Canfor. Caveat was entered
to the application by the defendants, the mother and uterine brother
respectively of the late Canfor. The parties were unable to agree on the person
or persons to whom grant of letters of administration should be made;
therefore, the court, in pursuance of Order 60, r. 21(2) of the Supreme [High]
Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), ordered the plaintiff to issue
a writ of summons against the defendants.<o:p></o:p>By the writ of summons so filed, the plaintiff claimed a declaration that she is the lawful widow of the
deceased, and that as such widow, she together with her children, issues of her
marriage with the deceased, are entitled to two-thirds share of the estate of
the deceased, and that she is therefore the proper person to whom letters of administration
should be granted in respect of the estate.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-top:6.1pt;margin-right:5.8pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:33.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;
text-indent:-1.0cm;line-height:115%;tab-stops:61.6pt">In support of her
claim the plaintiff pleaded in paragraphs (2) and (3) of her statement of claim as follows: “(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On 19 May 1943 the plaintiff lawfully contracted a civil monogamous marriage at Lome in the Republic of Togo (then the French Colony of Togo) under the laws prevailing in the said country at<o:p></o:p>that
time, and<o:p></o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The civil marriage was subsequently followed by a religious marriage in
the Roman Catholic Church&nbsp; at Lome on 23
May 1943.”<o:p></o:p>