HANNA SARFO AND OTHERS vs. KWADWO PIPIM AND OTHERS [2013]DLCA3160

Date	2013-06-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/23/2013
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA3160

AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING)

IRENE DANQUAH (MRS.) J.A.

TANKO AMADU J.A.

MS. ABRAHAM ERNESTINA FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

ALFRED TUA YEBOAH FOR DEFENDANST/RESPONDENTS

[2013]DLCA3160
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HANNA
SARFO AND OTHERS<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWADWO
PIPIM AND OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF
APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/23/2013&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; 27TH JUNE, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MS. ABRAHAM ERNESTINA FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING), IRENE DANQUAH (MRS.) J.A.,TANKO
AMADU J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:
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</div>AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal by the plaintiffs against the judgment of the Sunyani
High Court dated 17th February 2012.&nbsp;
At the High Court, Hannah Sarfo for herself and on behalf of her
siblings named or unnamed in the indorsement, claimed against the defendants
the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that the plaintiffs, children of the late Opanin Kwadwo Fordjour and the late
Kwabena Sarfo, are entitled to the enjoyment of the properties of their late
fathers with their brothers and sisters including the defendants herein.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of the
honourable court apportioning the properties among the parties.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of
accounts from 31st January, 1995 to the final date of judgment.<o:p></o:p>(d)&nbsp; An order of perpetual injunction restraining the
defendants, their agents, assigns etc. from interfering with the properties or
in any way dealing with them.<o:p></o:p>The properties mentioned in relief(a) are listed in a schedule attached
to the writ of summons.&nbsp; The properties
consisted of eighteen (18) farms located at various places on the Kenyase
(No.1) Stool Land and H/No.BA122, lying and situate at Bantama, Kumasi.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the evidence of the 1st plaintiff/appellant, she gave the
background to the claim.&nbsp; She is
supported by three witnesses.&nbsp; Opanin
Kwadwo Fordjour and Opanin Kwabena Sarfo were brothers of the full blood.&nbsp; The elder was Opanin Kwabena Sarfo but Opanin
Kwadwo Fordjour pre-deceased him on 3rd March 1969.&nbsp; As the only children of their parents, their
father Opanin Kwasi Nimo gave the house at Bantama, Kumasi to them.&nbsp; They jointly lived in and enjoyed the 16-room
house in their life time.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Through their own industry they acquired the cocoa farms listed in the
schedule jointly and enjoyed it as such.&nbsp;
It is said they did everything in common to the extent that they did not
only live in the same house, but they put on the same clothes or each other’s
clothes and pulled the maintenance money for their wives together.&nbsp; Apart from being farmers, they were
successful cocoa brokers and acquired several immovable properties jointly.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>