MADAM AKOSUA ATTA vs. ABENA NKYEM & THREE OTHERS [2018]DLCA5305

Date	2018-07-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/28/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA5305

ADUAMA OSEI JA (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE JA

M. WELBOURNE JA

YAHAYA SEIDU FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELL/ APPELLANT.

SAMUEL BOAFO AMENULIO FOR DEFENDANT/RESP/ RESPONDENT

[2018]DLCA5305
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MADAM AKOSUA ATTA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ABENA NKYEM &amp; THREE
OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. H1/28/2017&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>YAHAYA SEIDU FOR
PLAINTIFF/APPELL/ APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL
BOAFO AMENULIO FOR DEFENDANT/RESP/ RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ADUAMA
OSEI JA (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE JA, M. WELBOURNE JA<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>ADUAMA OSEI JA:<o:p></o:p>In
this judgment, the Plaintiff/Applicant/Appellant is referred to as “the Plaintiff”, and the Defendants/Respondents/Respondents
are referred to as “the Defendants”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
the 1st of April, 2015, the Plaintiff caused a writ of summons to be
issued in the High Court, Kumasi, seeking against the Defendants jointly and
severally declarations and orders which included:<o:p></o:p>i) a declaration that the Plaintiff is the only
surviving spouse of the late Nana Dwumah-Ababio also known as Nana Kofi Dwumah,
also known as Joseph Kofi Frempong (who shall hereafter be referred to as “the
Deceased”); <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>ii) a declaration that a Will purportedly made by the
Deceased, was not his deed and was fraudulently obtained;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>iii) a declaration that the properties listed or
mentioned in the said Will were all properties acquired by the Deceased jointly
with the Plaintiff; and <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>iv) an order of perpetual injunction. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Before
pleadings closed in the action, the Plaintiff on the 13th of
October, 2015, filed an application for interlocutory injunction praying the
High Court for orders:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>i) to restrain the Defendants, their agents and
privies from dealing and interfering with the properties in dispute as their
self-acquired properties until the final determination of the suit; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>ii) to compel the Defendants to file accounts of
all proceeds from the cocoa farms, the subject matter of dispute, at the
Registry of the High Court; <o:p></o:p>