JOYCE KORANTENG AND I. K. ACHEAMPONG vs. NANA JOHN EKOW GHUNNEY [2017]DLCA5006

Date	2017-05-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/15/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5006

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING JA

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA

MR. EMMANUEL ABOAGYE FOR DEFS/APPELLANTS

MR. OHENE AYISI FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2017]DLCA5006
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/15/2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 16TH MARCH, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. EMMANUEL ABOAGYE FOR
DEFS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
OHENE AYISI FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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E.
K. AYEBI (PRESIDING JA, GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA, ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH
(MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>AYEBI,
JA<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
plaintiff/respondent had a son by name Ekow Koranteng Ghunney.&nbsp; He passed away in 2004.&nbsp; In his life time he married the 1st
defendant/appellant and had two issues with her.&nbsp; In his Will and last testament, he gave H/No.
Plot 20 Block 12 situated at Old Tafo to his wife, the 1st
defendant/appellant herein.&nbsp; He also gave
his residuary estate to his wife and children.&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Again
he named the 1st defendant/appellant, the wife and the 2nd
defendant/appellant as his executors.&nbsp;
The Will with the probate granted to the executors is in evidence as
Exhibit 3.&nbsp; The claim of the
plaintiff/respondent against the defendants/appellants jointly and severally as
executors of the Will of his son is for:<o:p></o:p>“(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that title in all that property or land known as Plot No. 21 block
12, West Old Tafo, Kumasi is vested in the plaintiff and that the purported
devise of the said property by the said late Ekow Ghunney in his said Will is
null and void since he had no testamentary capacity to do so.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of Possession.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any
further or other orders as shall be just in the circumstances of this case and
in particular an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants,
their servants, agents, assigns or any other persons claiming through them or
for and on their behalf from any way interfering with plaintiff’s exclusive
title to, or possession or enjoyment or control of the said property”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;