SAMUEL TETTEH ABABIO vs. MRS. CYNTHIA ADOA ADDY, SUSANNA OFEIBEA ABABIO, BENJAMIN NII GYAN ABABIO, JOSHUA TETTEH ABABIO AND MADAM MARTHA NETTEH [2017]DLHC4039

SAMUEL TETTEH ABABIO vs. MRS. CYNTHIA ADOA ADDY, SUSANNA OFEIBEA ABABIO, BENJAMI... [2017]DLHC4039

Date	2017-08-07
Suit No.	SUIT NO.BMISC/679/2014
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4039

KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

MR. BLISS NEE AMARTEI FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MRS. NANCY TETTEH FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2017]DLHC4039
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL TETTEH ABABIO<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MRS. CYNTHIA ADOA ADDY, SUSANNA OFEIBEA ABABIO, BENJAMIN NII
GYAN ABABIO, JOSHUA TETTEH ABABIO AND MADAM MARTHA NETTEH<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT
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SUIT&nbsp;NO.BMISC/679/2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
7TH
AUGUST, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. BLISS NEE AMARTEI FOR
THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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Introduction&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On
November 4, 2014, the Plaintiff herein caused his lawyer to issue a writ of
summons claiming against the Defendants:-<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that by the true interpretation and construction of clause 4 of the
Last Will of the Late Joseph Kwasi Gyang a.k.a. Samuel Gyang Ababio Probate of
whose Will was granted by the High Court on 27th August 2013, the
Plaintiff herein and his late brother Joseph Commey Ababio became and are the
ABSOLUTE owners of the property described in clause 4 of the said Will as “plot
of land situate and lying at Kotobabi in the Greater Accra Region and
registered at the Land Title Registry as GA 3457” and also known as House No.
163/12, Kotobabi, Accra.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order to Equitable partitioning of the property known as H/No. 163/12, Kotobabi,
Accra pursuant to the devise in clause 4 of the probate and Will of the Late
Joseph Kwasi Gyang a.k.a. Samuel Gyang Ababio between the Plaintiff and the
Defendants.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order by this Honorable Court to set aside as NULL and VOID part of Declaration
of Immovable property and or revocation of the inclusion of House No. 163/12,
Kotobabi, Accra in respect of the application for Letters of Administration
granted to the 1st and 2nd Defendants on 19th
November 2013 in respect of the Estate of Joseph Ababio (Deceased).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order for Perpetual Injunction against the Defendants, their Agents, Assigns
however so described from interfering with the Plaintiff’s portion after the
partition peaceful and quiet enjoyment of the said House Number 163/12, Kotobabi,
Accra.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
claim of the Plaintiff was met with a statement of defence by the Defendants in
which the Plaintiff’s claim was vehemently denied. The Defendants also amended
the statement of defence on March 8, 2016 and counterclaimed.&nbsp; By paragraph 25 of the Amended Statement of
Defence and Counterclaim, the Defendants counterclaimed against the </main>