DAVID AKWASI KUFUOR AND 9 OTHERS vs. MRS. COMFORT JOYCE WEREKO-BROBBEY, DAVID GYAU KUFUOR AND BEN KUFUOR [2015]DLCA8411

DAVID AKWASI KUFUOR AND 9 OTHERS vs. MRS. COMFORT JOYCE WEREKO-BROBBEY, DAVID GY... [2015]DLCA8411

Date	2015-11-22
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/67/14
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8411

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA

ANGELINA MENSAH HOMIAH (MRS.) JA

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: ABSENT

MR. JAMES KOJO TSIN FOR 1ST DEF/RESPONDENT: PRESENT

MR. EDWARD DANKWA FOR 2ND & 3RD DEFS/RESPS: PRESENT

[2015]DLCA8411
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DAVID AKWASI
KUFUOR AND 9 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/
RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>MRS. COMFORT JOYCE
WEREKO-BROBBEY, DAVID GYAU KUFUOR AND BEN KUFUOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS)<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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CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/67/14&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 22ND NOV, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: ABSENT<o:p></o:p>MR. JAMES KOJO TSIN FOR 1ST DEF/RESPONDENT:
PRESENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. EDWARD DANKWA FOR
2ND &amp; 3RD DEFS/RESPS: PRESENT<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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E. K. AYEBI
(PRESIDING) JA, ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA, ANGELINA MENSAH HOMIAH
(MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI, JA<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This suit is in respect of
the estate of Benard Mensah Kufuor who died on 23rd March 1976 in
London.&nbsp; The suit in the main challenges
the authority of the defendants described as administrators of the estate and
the administration as a whole.&nbsp; The
plaintiffs/appellants are all children of the Ordinance marriage of the deceased.&nbsp; The mother of the 1st to 3rd
plaintiffs/appellants (hereinafter called plaintiffs), Mrs. Sarah Kufuor was
divorced by the deceased.&nbsp; He later
married Mrs. Justina Kufuor who was the mother of the 4th to 10th
plaintiffs.&nbsp; All these children as well
as the Mrs. Justina Kufuor survived the deceased.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The 1st
defendant/respondent is a niece of the deceased but the 2nd and 3rd
defendants/respondents are also children of the deceased.&nbsp; They are sued as administrators/trustees of
the estate of the late Benard Mensah Kufuor.&nbsp;
The late Bernard must have been adored with considerable business
acumen.&nbsp; This is because from the record,
he died possessed of a vast estate and businesses he established both in Ghana
and in the United Kingdom.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Prior to his death, the
deceased on 9th May 1964 executed a Will in Ghana (Ghana Will).&nbsp; In exception of two properties situated in
the United Kingdom, the Ghana Will covered in the main his Ghanaian properties
at the time of the execution.&nbsp; But barely
five months later, that is on 16th October 1964, the deceased made
another Will in London, England (London Will).&nbsp;
In the London Will the deceased expressly revoked all former Wills and
Codicils made by him and declared it to be his last Will and Testament.&nbsp; However, he included the two United Kingdom
properties in the Ghana Will in the London Will which covered all his
properties situated outside Ghana.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
On the death of Benard
Mensah Kufuor, three out of the four executors he named in the Ghana Will
applied for and were granted probate on 21st February, 1977.&nbsp; But the executors the deceased named in the
London Will renounced probate.&nbsp; So the 1st
and 3rd defendants/respondents (hereinafter called defendants) were
upon their application granted letters of administration with Will annexed on
12th March 1980 by the Family Division of the High Court,
England.&nbsp; The deceased also died
possessed of other properties intestate in Ghana.&nbsp; Pursuant to a compromise reached, the
deceased’s customary successor representing the family, the 3rd
defendant herein representing the children of Mrs. Sarah Kufuor and the 4t</main>