PLANGE vs. PLANGE [1968]DLHC9292

Date	1968-02-23
Suit No.	[1968] GLR 185
Citation No.	[1968]DLHC9292

OLLENNU J.A

I. AMOO-LAMPTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

J. E. QUASHIE-IDUN FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[1968]DLHC9292
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[1968] GLR 185&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
23 FEBRUARY 1968<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>I. AMOO-LAMPTEY FOR
THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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J. E. QUASHIE-IDUN
FOR THE DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>OLLENNU J.A<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin-top:.4pt;margin-right:0cm;
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</div>JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J.A.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff was married to the late Kojo Plange, deceased, under the provisions
of the Marriage Ordinance, Cap. 127 (1951 Rev.); her husband died on 16 May
1964 - intestate, whereupon she applied to the court for letters of
administration to administer his estate.<o:p></o:p>The
first defendant, a brother of the whole blood to the deceased, entered a caveat
to the plaintiff’s application and filed affidavit of his interest. As the
parties could not agree on the person to whom letters of administration should
be granted, the plaintiff, in conformity with an order of the court made
pursuant to Order 60, r. 21 (2) of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure)
Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), instituted this action.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
co-defendant, a sister to the deceased, was joined upon her own application. In
paragraphs (3) and (4) of her statement of claim the plaintiff pleaded as
follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;“(3) Prior to the said marriage the
plaintiff and the defendant’s brother had adopted a girl called Alice and&nbsp; the deceased in all official documents
treated the said Alice as his daughter.<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By
virtue of the said adoption and other declarations of the deceased; the
defendant together with other members of the family are estopped from denying
that the said Alice was the adopted and lawful daughter of the deceased.”<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff’s case therefore is, that the said Alice must be deemed to be an
issue of the marriage, and that by virtue of section 48 of the Marriage
Ordinance, Cap. 127 (1951 Rev.), as judicially interpreted, (see Coleman v.
Shang [1959] G.L.R. 390, C.A. affirmed by the Privy Council in [1961] G.L.R.
145) she and the said Alice have the major interest in the estate of her
deceased husband, and she is therefore the proper person to be granted letters
of administration to administer the estate.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff further pleaded that the only real property left b</main>