IBRAHIM GYAMFI & ANOR vs. CECILIA BOAHENE & ANOR [2015]DLHC3545

Date	2015-12-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO.TOCC/156/15
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC3545

HER LADYSHIP ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

KWABENA OBIRI YEBOAH FOR VIVIAN MFODWAA GYAN FOR PLAINTIFFS.

AKUA ADOMAH ADDAE FOR WILLIAM KUSI FOR DEFENDANTS.

[2015]DLHC3545
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IBRAHIM GYAMFI &amp;
ANOR<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>CECILIA BOAHENE &amp;
ANOR<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), 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.TOCC/156/15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 1ST DECEMBER, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>KWABENA OBIRI YEBOAH FOR
VIVIAN MFODWAA GYAN FOR PLAINTIFFS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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AKUA
ADOMAH ADDAE FOR WILLIAM KUSI FOR DEFENDANTS.<o:p></o:p>

HER
LADYSHIP ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGRMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>As
the executors of the estate of Nicholas Ashong (Deceased), the Plaintiffs
herein commenced the instant action against the Defendants herein who are a
daughter and customary successor of the deceased respectively.&nbsp; The 1st Defendant is also said to
be a beneficiary under the will of Nicholas Ashong. These are the reliefs sought:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that H/N0. Plot 5 Block D,
Bohyen, Kumasi is the bona fide property of the deceased testator Nicholas
Ashong.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration by the Honourable Court that
the Deceased testator never made any inter vivos gift to the Defendants or any
group of persons in his lifetime.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the issuance of Probate to the
Plaintiffs executors to distribute the estate of the late Nicholas Ashong in
accordance with the provisions of his last will and Testament dated 15th
February, 2000.<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A perpetual injunction restraining the
defendants, their agents, assigns, privies and anyone claiming title through
them from interfering with the disputed property.<o:p></o:p>e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any other order or orders as the justice of
the case would require in terms of the rules of this Honourable Court.<o:p></o:p>In
sum, the Plaintiffs case is that the deceased, Nicholas Ashong is the bona fide
owner of H/No. Plot 5 Block D, Bohyen and he did not make any inter vivos gift
of any rooms in the said house either before or after his will dated 15th
February, 2000.&nbsp; It is also the Plaintiffs
case that the deceased was at all times in possession and occupation of the
boys quarters on the said plot. The Plaintiffs further averred that this is the
second time a caveat has been filed, after&nbsp;
an earlier one which had culminated in a suit instituted at the High
Court, Numbered C1/79/12 ( now struck out as discontinued).<o:p></o:p>The
Defendants challenged the validity of the will said to have been executed by
the Deceased on the basis that the deceased, being a teacher by profession, and
able to walk and talk at that time, he would have signed that document and not
use the thumb.&nbsp; It is their case that the
deceased during his lifetime gifted rooms in the said house to his mother and
his seven (7) children of which three (3) are from Offinso and four (4) from
Bohyen respectively . They add</main>