KOFI ANANE AGYEKUM vs.. MADAM FAUSTINA PATIENCE CUDJOE AND KWABENA AGYEKUM [2014]DLCA5168

Date	2014-05-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/45/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA5168

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

IRENE C. DANQUAH J.A.

TANKO I. O. AMADU J.A.

SARFO GYAMFI FOR APPELLANT

AUGUSTINA ANANE QUEBAH WITH KWAKU YEBOAH APPIAH & PRECIOUS

AIDOO FOR DEFENDANTS/ RESPONDENTS

[2014]DLCA5168
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI
ANANE AGYEKUM
<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs..<o:p></o:p>MADAM FAUSTINA PATIENCE CUDJOE AND KWABENA AGYEKUM <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/45/2014&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: 30TH MAY, 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. DANQUAH J.A., TANKO I. O. AMADU J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
As noted by the
trial judge the hearing of this case was very protracted.&nbsp; Although the writ of summons was filed on
18/10/07, it was not until 26/06/12 that judgment could be delivered.&nbsp; The subject-matter of the suit involves the
estate of Mr. William Davies Agyekum who died testate on 3rd
September, 1985.&nbsp; He died possessed of
considerable wealth both in terms of movable and immovable properties.&nbsp; And since his death, his estate had known no
peace because of various law suits launched by some of his children in courts
in Accra and Kumasi against first the executors and then the administrators and
vice versa.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
There is
background history to the case.&nbsp; This
background history is very instructive in appreciating the facts of the case
and the issues raised for determination by the court.&nbsp; I commend the trial judge His Lordship
Justice Iddrisu Mahamadu for not only reviewing the facts of the case
meticulously but also comprehensively.&nbsp;
May his soul rest in perfect peace.&nbsp;
Personally, the wranglings over the estate by the children of the
deceased in particular sets me wondering whether it is safe to be rich or it is
good to be rich at all.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
plaintiff/appellant in this suit is one of the adult sons of the deceased at
the time of his death.&nbsp; Originally, he
sued 4 persons as defendants.&nbsp; The first
and second defendants were widows of his late father and the 3rd and
4th defendants were his half brothers paternally.&nbsp; Plaintiff discontinued the suits against the
2nd and 4th defendants because they could not be served
with the writ of summons and statement of claim.&nbsp; In any case all the parties are beneficiaries
under the Will of the deceased.<o:p></o:p>4.