WILFRED O. K. NSIAH, SOLOMON K. NSIAH vs HUMPHREY O. NSIAH, THEOPHILUS K. NSIAH [2017]DLHC16611

Date	2017-07-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BFA/148/2010
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC16611

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE K. A. GYIMAH

ROBERT YARTEY

JOHN F. APPIAH

[2017]DLHC16611
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >WILFRED O. K. NSIAH, SOLOMON K. NSIAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HUMPHREY O. NSIAH, THEOPHILUS K. NSIAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 5.5pt;">

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 5.5pt;">

ROBERT YARTEY FOR
PLAINTIFFS <o:p></o:p>

JOHN F. APPIAH FOR
DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE K. A.
GYIMAH <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 5.5pt;">

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

</div><h1 style="margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%">&nbsp;</h1><h1 style="margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%">Introduction<o:p></o:p></h1>The
late Emmanuel Oteng Nsiah died on 5th December 1983 and supposedly
left behind a will dated 13th October 1974. The
will was, upon an application made by the plaintiffs
to the High Court Registrar, read on 29th
January 2010 – about 27 years after the death of the testator.
The plaintiffs applied
for Letters of Administration with will annexed on 2nd March
2010 because at that time the executors named in the will had all passed on.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
defendants caveated against the grant of the Letters of Administration to the
plaintiffs alleging among
others that the signature on the will was not the signature
of their deceased father
and further that the will was not executed in accordance with the
Wills Act, 1971 (Act 360). The court
differently constituted therefore ordered the plaintiffs to prove the Will in
solemn form.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<h1 style="margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%">Plaintiffs’ claim<o:p></o:p></h1>The plaintiffs issued a writ on 20th July 2010 and claimed the following reliefs
against the defendants:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">i.