MARGARET ARTHUR vs. AKU MINGLE [2018]DLHC5375

Date	2018-07-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO.BMISC/661/2012
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC5375

JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH- BOAFO

ORACCA TETTEH ESQ FOR PLAINTIFF

B.B. BAKATTAH ESQ FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2018]DLHC5375
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MARGARET ARTHUR <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AKU MINGLE <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION), ACCRA]<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.BMISC/661/2012&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;&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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JULY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ORACCA TETTEH ESQ FOR
PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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B.B.
BAKATTAH ESQ FOR THE DEFENDANT<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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JUSTICE
KWEKU T. ACKAAH- BOAFO<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a name="par1"></a>This action relates to the
interpretation of the Last Will and Testament of the late Amos William Arthur
who was a resident of Zongo Lane, in the County of Ussher Town, Accra,
Ghana.&nbsp; The parties to the action are Margaret Arthur, a daughter of the Testator
and Aku Mingle, a granddaughter of Susana Arthur deceased who was the daughter
of the Testator.&nbsp; The essential dispute between the parties is whether
Susana Arthur’s Children and Children’s Children including the Defendant are
beneficiaries of the Will of the Testator. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Testator Amos
William Arthur died on July 18, 1961. Probate of the Will was granted by the
High Court on November 27, 1961 to the named Executors of the Will.&nbsp; In
this suit the Plaintiff seeks a declaratory order of this Court that her late
sister, Susana Arthur’s children and children’s children including the
Defendant herein are not beneficiaries of House Number C. 437/4 Kokomlemle,
Accra.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Action:<o:p></o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On
May 8th, 2012, the Plaintiff herein caused his lawyer to issue a writ of
summons claiming against the Defendant the following judicial reliefs:-<o:p></o:p>