IN RE AMUZU BANINI; BANINI AND OTHERS vs. KWAKU BANINI [1973]DLHC2387

Date	1973-07-31
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1973]DLHC2387

ATA-BEDU J.

DOKU FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.

DR. OBED ASAMOAH FOR BOYE FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[1973]DLHC2387
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN RE AMUZU BANINI; BANINI AND OTHERS <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>KWAKU BANINI <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HO]<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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DATE:
31 JULY 1972.<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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DOKU FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ATA-BEDU J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF ATA-BEDU J.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs are seven out of twenty surviving children of their late father
Abraham Amuzu Banini who at the time of his death on 30 April 1963 left a will
bearing the date 7 July 1961 and probate of which was granted by the High
Court, Ho, on 8 January 1965. Under the said will the defendant, also a son,
was appointed the “sole executor” and the “sole administrator,” and the
plaintiffs allege that they are all beneficiaries under the said will.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
claims against the defendant made by the plaintiffs for themselves and on
behalf of the other children of the said Abraham Amuzu Banini are for:<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) Account
from the defendant as the executor of the will of the late Abraham Amuzu Banini
from the date of his death up to date of judgment; <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:
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Recovery of the amount found due for the purpose of being shared to the
beneficiaries.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Paragraph
(6) of the statement of claim is a catalogue of the names of the twenty
surviving children of seven wives of the testator.<o:p></o:p>In the
statement of claim the plaintiffs have made several complaints against the
defendant but the cardinal ones on which hinge the others are contained in
paragraphs (7) and (8) which provide that:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(7)
Since the death of the testator the defendant took charge of all the property
of the deceased, and started to enjoy the same as if the estate was his self
acquired property and acquired other properties for himself out of the estate.
(8) The defendant refused to give the beneficiaries under the will their share
of the estate and persistently<o:p></o:p>refused
to account to the plaintiffs despite repeated demands upon him to do so.”<o:p></o:p>The
defendant’s answer to the averment in paragraph (7) above is a denial and, in
answer to the averment in paragraph (8), the defendant says in paragraph (7) of
his statement of defence:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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by the terms and provisions of the said will the defendant is and became the
sole administrator, executor and beneficiary of the said estate of the deceased
and is not accountable to the plaintiffs or any other person. The defendant
further says that the said will gave the defendant discretionary rights and
powers to help his brothers and sisters if and when any of them made a
reasonable request. The defendant says that he had granted such assistance to
his brothers John Atsu Banini, Yesusum Banini, Newlove Kofi Banini and many
others.”<o:p></o:p><spa</main>