PHILIP KOFI ACHEAMPONG, EBENEZER ADU GYAMFI vs. MONICA BOATENG [2016]DLHC17205

Date	2016-01-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BMISC 710/2012
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC17205

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

NII KWEI AMASSAH

EBO PAITSOO

[2016]DLHC17205
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PHILIP KOFI ACHEAMPONG, EBENEZER ADU GYAMFI<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. BMISC 710/2012&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 28TH &nbsp;JANUARY 2016<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

NII KWEI AMASSAH FOR
PLAINTIFFS <o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE
BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p>

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

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The history of this case as agreed
upon by Counsel for the parties is that the plaintiffs applied
for Letters of Administration to administer the estate
of their brother, Ebenezer Obeng Akrofi, who died intestate. Claiming that she was
the wife of the deceased, the defendant caveated and applied to be joined as an
administrator of the deceased’s estate. The plaintiffs resisted her application on the ground
that the deceased
allegedly divorced the
defendant before his death. To determine whether the defendant was the wife of the deceased at the time of his death and whether she qualified
to be joined to the plaintiffs as an administrators of the deceased’s estate, the plaintiffs filed this suit.<o:p></o:p>

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Briefly, the facts of this case are
that the first plaintiff, Philip Kofi Acheampong, is a brother and customary
successor of Emmanuel Obeng Akrofi (deceased) while the second plaintiff,
Ebenezer Adu Gyamfi, is the first plaintiff’s older brother. The defendant, Monica
Boateng, on the other
hand, is the disputed wife of the deceased.<o:p></o:p>

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In a nutshell,
the plaintiffs’ case as can be gleaned
from their statement of claim is that before his death, the deceased divorced the
defendant. However, the defendant, after the deceased’s death sold some lands
belonging to the estate of the deceased. The plaintiffs therefore ur</main>