AMISSAH-ABADOO vs. ABADOO [1973]DLHC2359

Date	1973-03-09
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1973]DLHC2359

EDWARD WIREDU J.

J. B. SHORT FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

DR. EKOW DANIELS FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[1973]DLHC2359
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AMISSAH-ABADOO <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>ABADOO <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, CAPE
COAST]<o:p></o:p>&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;
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1 GLR 490<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
9 MARCH 1973.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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J. B. SHORT FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>

DR. EKOW DANIELS FOR THE DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EDWARD WIREDU J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF EDWARD WIREDU J.<o:p></o:p>On 5
January 1973, the plaintiff-respondent (who shall hereafter be referred to
simply as the plaintiff) issued out of this court a writ of summons against the
defendant-applicant (who will also hereafter be referred to as the defendant)
claiming:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“A
declaration that house No. G.8/2, Tantri Lane, Cape Coast, as well as a plot of
land at Kotokuraba Road, Cape Coast, are the property of the plaintiff’s family
and not the private property of the late Barrister D. Myles Abadoo.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On 10
January 1973 the defendant entered a conditional appearance to the plaintiff’s
writ. Twelve days thereafter (that is, 22 January 1973) at about 8.30 a.m. a
statement of claim was filed on behalf of the plaintiff and round about 4 p.m.
on that same day an application was filed on behalf of the defendant praying
for an order that:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“[T]he
writ of summons filed by Ebusuapanyin J. B. Amissah-Abadoo, the plaintiff on 5
January, 1973, be struck out under Order 19, rule 29 and under the inherent
jurisdiction of the court on the ground that the endorsement discloses no
reasonable care [sic] of action against the defendant and the plaintiff’s
action against the defendant be dismissed, and that the defendant be at liberty
to enter judgment for her costs including the costs of this application and for
such further order or other orders as to this court may seem just.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The facts
on which the defendant sought to rely are contained in an affidavit filed to
support her application which reads as follows:<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(1) That
I am the defendant herein and I was lawfully married to my late husband under
the Marriage Ordinance. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(2) That
after the plaintiff’s writ was served on me I caused a conditional appearance
to be entered on my behalf. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(3) That
to the knowledge of the plaintiff my late husband died testate. In the will
which was read by the Registrar to the hearing of the plaintiff the following
persons were named as his executors: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(a)
JOSEPH BROOKMAN AMISSAH (b) DANIEL MYLES ABADOO Junior (c) WILLIAM E. D. ACQUAH
(late deceased). (4) That probate of the said will has not been granted. I am
advised and verily believe it to be so that by section 1 of the Administration
of Estates Act ‘1961 (Act 63), until an executor is appointed, the property of
my late husband is vested in the Chief Justice of Ghana. (5) That I am
therefore not the party to be sued for the declaration endorsed on the writ.
(6) I therefore swear to this affidavit in support of my application.”<o:p></o:p>