A. L. BOAKYE OF APAGYA AND MR AGYAPONG OYOKO vs. ATTA GYAMFI AND MARY BOAKYE [2016]DLCA4396

Date	2016-07-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/05/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4396

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

G. TORKORNOO (MRS) J.A

A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J.A

[2016]DLCA4396
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >A. L. BOAKYE OF APAGYA
AND MR AGYAPONG OYOKO<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ATTA GYAMFI AND MARY
BOAKYE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(PLAINTIFFS/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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CIVIL APPEAL NO:&nbsp; H1/05/2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 19TH JULY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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E.
K. AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING), G. TORKORNOO (MRS) J.A , A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J.A<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>DOMAKYAAREH
(MRS),J. A.<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This is an appeal from the judgment of the
High Court, Kumasi dated 4th February 2014 which went in favour of
the plaintiffs therein.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
substrata of the appeal lay in the Estate of one Konadu Yiadom Boakye. The
plaintiffs contested some devise in the Will of the deceased Konadu Yiadom
Boakye.<o:p></o:p>The
case of the plaintiffs/respondents as deduced from the Record of Appeal is
that:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
plaintiffs/respondents are siblings, their father being the late Atta
Kwame.&nbsp; They instituted the suit at the
High Court on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the other children of the
late Atta Kwame.&nbsp; The
defendants/appellants are the Executors of one late Konadu Yiadom Bonsu.&nbsp; The late Konadu Yiadom Bonsu was the nephew
(maternal) of the late Atta Kwame, father of the plaintiffs/respondents.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
plaintiffs’/respondents’ case is that their father, the late Atta Kwame
acquired plot No. 65 Block C, Anomangye-Kumasi and constructed the ground floor
of the building on the land for the plaintiffs/respondents.&nbsp; The plaintiffs/respondents state that upon
the demise of their father, the late Konadu Yiadom Bonsu succeeded him.&nbsp; That the late Atta Kwame, in his lifetime,
directed his nephew, Konadu Yiadom Bonsu who he had appointed as caretaker of
his property to convey the whole ground floor to his children after his
death.&nbsp; After the death of Atta Kwame,
Konadu Yiadom Bonsu added two more floors to the building.&nbsp; The plaintiffs averred that notwithstanding
the fact that the late Konadu Yiadom Bonsu, promised during his lifetime in the
presence of the Odikro of Anomangye to hand over the ground floor to the
plaintiffs and their siblings for which he demanded and they paid an amount of ¢10,000,000.00
old Cedis to enable Konadu Yiadom Bonsu prepare documentation reflecting their
interest in respect of the property, he failed to fulfill his promise.&nbsp; The plaintiffs pleaded fraud and asserted
that instead, the late Konadu Yiadom Bonsu left a Will in which he devised
three rooms on the first floor to the plaintiffs and their siblings while he
devised the ground floor of the house, which is for the plaintiffs to his
family.&nbsp; Dissatisfied with this state of
affairs, the plaintiff instituted an action against the defendants, Executors
of the Estate of the late Konadu Yiadom Bonsu on 7th May 2007,
seeking four reliefs namely:-<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that ownership to the ground
floor of H/No. Plot 65 Block C. A. Anomangye-Kumasi is vested in the plaintiffs<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n</main>