MRS. JULIANA ESSIE DUGBLEY vs. MADAM DORIS EUGENIA BUDU [2009]DLHC4372

Date	2009-08-25
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BFA/91/2004
Citation No.	[2009]DLHC4372

KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

MR. RAY KAKRABA QUARSHIE FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MR. KOFI BOAKYE HOLDING THE BRIEF OF MR G. S. AIDOO FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2009]DLHC4372
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">MRS.
JULIANA ESSIE DUGBLEY<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>MADAM DORIS EUGENIA BUDU <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (INDUSTRIAL/LABOUR
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SUIT NO.
BFA/91/2004&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: 25TH AUGUST, 2009<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR.
RAY KAKRABA QUARSHIE FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. KOFI BOAKYE HOLDING THE BRIEF OF MR, G.
S. AIDOO 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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KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU,
JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>The plaintiff issued out writ of summons against the defendant on
15th July, 2004 for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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A declaration that the
so-called customary marriage purportedly entered into in 1983 by the defendant
and the late Emmanuel Kwame Dugbley is a&nbsp;
nullity in Law, since at the time it was alleged to have been done,
there was in existence the marriage with the plaintiff<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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A further declaration that
the plaintiff herein is the only lawful widow at law of the late Emmanuel Kwame
Dugbley (deceased)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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An order that the
plaintiff, the only surviving widow, she and children be granted their share of
the Estates of the late Emmanuel Kwame Dugbley under PNDC Law 111 of 1985.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In an attached Statement of Claim, the plaintiff avers that on the
10th day of July, 1969 she got married under the Ordinance to the
late Emmanuel Kwame Dugbley at the St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Osu, Accra. The
said marriage was blessed with five children and that she knew the defendant as
a paramour of her husband.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiff goes on to aver that at no time since 1969 was she
divorced by the late Emmanuel Kwame Dugbley (deceased) who continued to live in
relationship with the defendant till his transition on 14th July,
2004 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.<o:p></o:p>