OWUSU AGYEMANG PREMPEH, OPANIN AKWASI AGYEMANG, AKOSUA KONADU AND KWADWO KUFFOUR vs. NANA OSEI, KWAME ASARE, COMFORT OPPONG AFRANE, AMMA SERWAA BOBOSA AND YAA ODOMA [2015]DLHC8223

OWUSU AGYEMANG PREMPEH, OPANIN AKWASI AGYEMANG, AKOSUA KONADU AND KWADWO KUFFOUR... [2015]DLHC8223

Date	2015-07-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LS/270/98
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC8223

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON

E. ANAGLATE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

KWASI BEMPAH FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT

OBENG MANU FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT

ASANTE KROBEA FOR THE 3RD 4TH AND 5TH DEFENDANTS

[2015]DLHC8223
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OWUSU AGYEMANG
PREMPEH, OPANIN AKWASI AGYEMANG, AKOSUA KONADU AND KWADWO KUFFOUR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA OSEI, KWAME ASARE, COMFORT OPPONG AFRANE, AMMA SERWAA
BOBOSA AND YAA ODOMA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></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/270/98&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 14TH JULY,
2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>E.
ANAGLATE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p>KWASI
BEMPAH FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>OBENG
MANU FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ASANTE
KROBEA FOR THE 3RD 4TH AND 5TH DEFENDANTS <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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HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

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</div>Almost
seventeen years ago, on 22nd October, 1998, the plaintiffs mounted
this action originally against only the first two defendants. However, upon an
application by the third to fifth defendants, the court granted them leave and
they joined the action on the ground that their late father, one Nana Kwasi
Afrane II alias Opanin Kwasi Oppong alias Kwasi Pong gifted two properties in
contention, located at Dichemso in Kumasi, to them. They then joined the suit
to defend their interests in the properties and also to avoid a multiplicity of
suits.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It
is also relevant to add that the original second and third plaintiffs passed
away during the pendency of the suit and were substituted by the current second
and third plaintiffs. The current second plaintiff deposed that he is now the
head of his family, having succeeded the original second plaintiff, whilst the
third plaintiff was substituted for the deceased third plaintiff because she is
her daughter and more importantly, her customary successor.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
contentious issue in this suit is about the status of two houses built by the
father of the defendants at Dichemso, a suburb of Kumasi. They are described as
No. 3 Block III and No. 13, Block 4. The plaintiffs contend that both
properties belong to their family as they were put with the family resources
but were in possession of Nana Kwasi Afrane II, alias Kwasi Oppong who passed
away on 28th July, 1998. The defendants denied the assertion of the
plaintiffs. They alleged both properties were self-acquired by their deceased
father and he gifted same to them in his lifetime.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Who
was Nana Kwasi Afrane II? &nbsp;He was a
family of the plaintiffs but they described him in their statement of claim and
in evidence &nbsp;as &nbsp;a “nobody”,
a man of straw, worth nothing, a driver’s mate at Suhum, in short, a nonentity
but became wealthy overnight and shot into prominence when he succeeded his
uncle, Nana Afrane I of Bonwire. It is alleged Afrane I was a prosperous cocoa
farmer because he cultivated it on a large scale, a licensed money lender and
chief Kente weaver for the Asantehene; that he left a very large estate which
was inherited by Afrane II when he succeeded him.<o:p></o:p>