IN RE WALTON (DECD.); WALTON vs. ACQUAH [1988]DLHC2256

Date	1988-03-10
Suit No.	-
Citation No.	[1988]DLHC2256

ARYEE AG.J.

B. A. YANKSON FOR THE APPLICANT.

[1988]DLHC2256
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN RE
WALTON (DECD.); WALTON<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ACQUAH<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[1991] 1
GLR 165<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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B. A.
YANKSON FOR THE APPLICANT. <o:p></o:p>

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</div>JUDGMENT
OF ARYEE AG.J.<o:p></o:p>This is a
motion ex parte on behalf of the applicant Dr. Kofi Walton, praying the court
for the grant of probate of the will of Moses Birch Walton (Deceased) who died
testate on 5 January 1986 in Accra.<o:p></o:p>The
applicant is one of the two executors appointed by the testator. The other
executor so-named is one Samuel Francis Acquah (alias Yaw Mbroh), a cousin to
the present applicant. All efforts made by the applicant and other members of
the family to get the said Samuel Francis Acquah to join in the application for
probate has not proved successful. It is the prayer of the applicant therefore
that he be granted probate of the will in order to administer the estate, the
court reserving the power to grant probate to the co-executor, Samuel Francis
Acquah, whenever he shall duly apply for same.<o:p></o:p>In his
accompanying affidavit, the applicant says that there is an urgent need for the
grant of probate to administer the estate, especially with regard to the
testator’s current account which is being whittled away by bank charges. In
Tristram and Cootes Probate Practice (21st ed.) it is stated at 115 under the
head “Power Reserved” that if there be several executors, one or more may prove
the will without notice to the other or others, power being reserved by the
court to grant probate to the latter whenever they or any of them shall duly
apply for the same.<o:p></o:p>In view
of the reference above-quoted, the court hereby orders that probate of the will
of Moses Birch Walton be granted to the present applicant, Dr. Kofi Walton as
prayed. The power is however reserved by the court to grant probate to the
co-executor, Samuel Francis Acquah (otherwise known as Yaw Mbroh), whenever he
shall apply to the court for same.<o:p></o:p>I also
order that the relevant notices of this order be served on the co-executor.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

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