KOFI AMANKWA (SUBST. BY) KWABENA OPOKU AND NANA KWAKU ATUAHENE vs. DR. ERNEST ANTWI [2014]DLHC8512

KOFI AMANKWA (SUBST. BY) KWABENA OPOKU AND NANA KWAKU ATUAHENE vs. DR. ERNEST AN... [2014]DLHC8512

Date	2014-10-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LS/447/93
Citation No.	[2014]DLHC8512

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON

ASANTE-KROBEA FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

KWAME BOAFO FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2014]DLHC8512
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI AMANKWA
(SUBST. BY) KWABENA OPOKU AND NANA KWAKU ATUAHENE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DR. ERNEST
ANTWI<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH
COURT, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO. LS/447/93&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
24TH OCTOBER, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ASANTE-KROBEA
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWAME
BOAFO FOR THE DEFENDANT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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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LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

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</div>This writ of summons was filed in the Registry of the court on 22nd
April, 1993 in respect of House Number Plot OTB 604, Odum, Kumasi and, a cocoa
farm situate at a place commonly known and called “Akwaasu” on Ankase Stool
Land. In the pendency of the suit, the original parties passed away and were
substituted by the current ones. The original 1st plaintiff
described himself as the customary successor of one Isaac Cobina Antwi,
deceased, who is alleged by the defendant to have put up the disputed house and
owned it as a self-acquired property. The 1st plaintiff averred he
sued with the authority of his family, for himself and, on behalf of the family.
The 2nd plaintiff claimed to be the Gyaasehene of Ankase. He alleged
he joined the action with the consent of the elders of Ankase stool to claim
and protect the stool’s interest in the disputed house.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiffs mounted the action against the executors of the will and
last testament of I.C. Antwi because in the said document, he devised the aforementioned
properties to his wife and children. They therefore claimed against the
executors the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1">a.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration
that the premises described as H/No. OTB 604, Odum is a family/Ankase Stool
Elders property which the testator late I.C. Antwi held in trust for the
benefit of the plaintiffs and himself and not the self-acquired property of the
testator referred to herein.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:1.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
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That
the cocoa farm situate at a place commonly known and described as “Akwaasu” on
the stool land of Ankase and bounded by the properties of Nana Abena Kwabena,
Kwasi Pim-Owusu, Nana Kate, Opanin Amoakohene, Ama Serwaa and the “Asribie and
Aworoso Streams” is the 1st plaintiff’s family property which family
includes the aforementioned testator.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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