AGNES OBENG AND GEORGE ADU [2001]DLCHRAJ6061

Date	2001-08-15
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/1076/2001/1124
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ6061

BENJAMIN K. OPPONG

[2001]DLCHRAJ6061
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">AGNES OBENG<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">GEORGE ADU<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our Ref: CHRAJ/1076/2001/1124&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 15/08/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>BENJAMIN
K. OPPONG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. (PROMOTION &amp; ANTI-CORRUPTION) FOR COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>Introduction<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant is the widow of the Respondent's deceased brother. She alleged that
she was not fairly treated when the Respondent distributed the estate of her
late husband. She therefore sought the assistance of the Commission to remedy
the anomaly.<o:p></o:p>The
issue for determination is whether she was indeed treated unfairly and is
therefore entitled to a remedy<o:p></o:p>Complainant's Case<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant is the younger sister of one Elizabeth Ampah, who operated a
Singlets and. Pants industry in Accra, George Adu, the Respondent, supplied her
with raw materials. Mr. Adu prevailed upon Elizabeth to employ his relative,
which she did. The young man came to live with Madam Ampah the Complainant was
living with her elder sister, Elizabeth, and befriended and later married,
under Customary Law, the Respondent's relative the deceased.<o:p></o:p>Following
the marriage, Elizabeth Ampah gifted her sister, the Complainant, and her
husband the necessary machines and tools of trade to enable them set up their
own business. To further help the couple to settle properly Elizabeth Ampah
gave them a house at Odorkor to live in. Above all, she sold to them a plot of
land for them to settle on. However, the Complainant's husband prepared the
documents on the plot in his own name, The Complainant contended that she never
raised any objection because she was satisfied that it belonged to both of them
only. They pooled their resources together and managed to put up a building on
one part of the plot<o:p></o:p>The Complainant further stated that in the
course of time, her husband had a child by one Ama Yeboah whom he married and
was admitte the Complainant to live with them in the matrimonial home. The
Complainant later learned that her husband had had two (2) other children by
another woman he did marry.<o:p></o:p>Later
her husband died and the estate was distributed as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">2 rooms to Complainant<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;2 rooms to Ama Yeboah and her children<o:p></o:p>