KOFI ADOMAKO, KWEKU AMPONSAH AND OSEI KWAME vs. ALEX GYEKYE AND ABENA NSUO [2014]DLCA5163

Date	2014-06-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/30/2017
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA5163

E. K. AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING)

IRENE C. LARBI (MRS.) J.A.

TANKO I. O. J.A

AMADU J.A.

SARFO GYAMFI FOR APPELLANT

AUGUSTINA ANANE QUEBAH WITH KWAKU YEBOAH APPIAH & PRECIOUS

AIDOO FOR DEFENDANTS/ RESPONDENTS

[2014]DLCA5163
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI ADOMAKO, KWEKU
AMPONSAH AND OSEI KWAME<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDENTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ALEX GYEKYE AND ABENA NSUO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<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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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/30/2017&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: 27TH JUNE, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SARFO
GYAMFI FOR APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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AUGUSTINA
ANANE QUEBAH WITH KWAKU YEBOAH APPIAH &amp; PRECIOUS AIDOO FOR DEFENDANTS/
RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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E.
K. AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING), IRENE C. LARBI (MRS.) J.A., TANKO I. O. J.A, AMADU J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI
J.A.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;
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text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This is an
appeal against the judgment of a Kumasi Fast Track High Court dated 24th
October 2011.&nbsp; The subject-matter is
H/No. NT 37 Block 21, New Tafo, Kumasi.&nbsp;
It is a two-storey building with a basement consisting of 31 rooms with
facilities attached.&nbsp; The house is the
self-acquired property of Opanin Kwabena Nkrumah @ Kwabena Marfo who passed
away in October 1985.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The first plaintiff
Alex Gyekye is one of the sons of the deceased while the 2nd
plaintiff is a surviving widow.&nbsp; The
deceased had two sisters Abena Nyantakyiwaa and Ama Dentaa who predeceased
him.&nbsp; The defendants herein who are
descendants of the two sisters are the grandnephews of the deceased.&nbsp; The deceased lived in the house with his
wife, children and some of his nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces as
well as some few tenants.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;
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text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The case of the
plaintiff is that some years before Opanin Kwabena Marfo died he was struck by
stroke twice.&nbsp; He was physically and
mentally affected adversely.&nbsp; During his
predicament, Akwasi Oduro used a forged deed of gift of the house to him by the
deceased and started collecting rent from the tenants but he was
restrained.&nbsp; But after the death of the
old man, a Will emerged in which the deceased purported to have devised the
house to named beneficiaries including the plaintiffs and Felicia Afriyie, a
sister of the deceased.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;
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text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
But certain
descendants of Abena Nyantakyiwaa and Ama Dentaa caveated the Will and sued the
executors and Felicia Afriyie for a declaration that the Will is null and
void.&nbsp; The reason the caveators gave in
that</main>