IN RE SACKITEY (DECD.); DZAMIOJA ALIAS ASHONG vs. SACKITEY AND ANOTHER [1982]DLHC2140

Date	1982-09-16
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1982]DLHC2140

ASARE-KWAPONG J

YAW ASARE (WITH HIM OPPONG ADJEI) FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

A. D. TAGOE (LED BY NII ODOI ANNAN) FOR THE DEFENDANTS.

[1982]DLHC2140
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN RE SACKITEY (DECD.); DZAMIOJA ALIAS ASHONG<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;vs. <o:p></o:p>SACKITEY AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH
COURT, KOFORIDUA]<o:p></o:p>[1982-83] GLR 1196<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
16 SEPTEMBER
1982<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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YAW ASARE (WITH HIM OPPONG ADJEI) FOR THE
PLAINTIFF. <o:p></o:p>

A. D. TAGOE (LED BY NII ODOI ANNAN) FOR THE DEFENDANTS.<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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ASARE-KWAPONG J<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF ASARE-KWAPONG J.<o:p></o:p>In this
case the plaintiff who is an executor of the will of the late J. B. O.
Sackitey, claims against the defendants herein for an order for recovery of
possession of:<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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two-storey building No. NK. 72, Koforidua together with the outhouse attached
to it and the self-contained outhouse adjacent to the two storey-building and
38 ropes of cocoa farm at Brenya Akwabourso bounded on the north by Subri
River, south by Nsubadu River, east by Tetter Kado Mawunge’s property and the
west by River Birim which the defendants forcibly and unlawfully seized without
authority; <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">(b) order
for account and payment to the plaintiff of all moneys wrongly received by the
defendants.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In his
statement of claim accompanying the writ of summons, the plaintiff alleged the
following particulars of his claim:<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. The
plaintiff is one of the executors of the will of the late Joseph Bismark Osei
Sackitey of Koforidua. <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. The
defendants are a daughter and a son respectively of the deceased. <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. The
said Sackitey who died on 26 May 1979 executed a will and appointed me as one
of his executors. The probate was granted on 23 December 1980.<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">4. Before
the probate was granted the two defendants herein encroached upon the estate of
the deceased and falsely lay claim to the properties named above, even though
the will of the deceased was read in their presence and to their hearing. <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">5.
According to the caretakers of the farm, the two defendants have collected the
proceeds of cocoa harvested and made use of the money without permission from
the plaintiff.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
defendants resisted the claim and in their statement of defence averred in
paragraphs 5 and 6 that: On 10 November 1980 they were jointly granted letters
of administration with the will annexed of their late father’s estate by the
High Court, Accra after the plaintiff had refused to take out probate as one of
the executors named in the said will dated 16 December 1965. The plaintiff
further failed to issue a caveat or otherwise oppose the defendants’
application for letters of administration. The defendants also categorically
denied the allegation in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the statement of claim and in
reply stated that they had been granted letters of administration of their late
father’s estate issued from the High Court, Accra, and dated 10 November 1980
and the said letters of administration have not been revoked.<o:p></o:p>The
defendants also averred in paragraph 9 of the statement of defence as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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