MRS. MARY DADSON vs. EDITH ASARE AGYIRI [2019]DLCA8865

Date	2019-12-05
Suit No.	APPEAL NO.HI/134/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8865

B.F. ACKAH-YENSU J.A (PRESIDING)

I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A

AMMA A. GAISIE J.A

MR. ASURO NAPARI (FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)

MR. SAMPSON OBENG (FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT).

[2019]DLCA8865
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS. MARY DADSON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EDITH ASARE AGYIRI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPEAL
NO.HI/134/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:&nbsp; 5TH DECEMBER
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>MR.
ASURO NAPARI&nbsp;&nbsp; (FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. SAMPSON OBENG (FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT).<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>B.F.
ACKAH-YENSU J.A (PRESIDING), I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A, AMMA A. GAISIE J.A<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>AMMA A. GAISIE J.A<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the judgment
of the High Court (General Jurisdiction) dated 31st July 2017.<a name="_gjdgxs"></a>&nbsp; By a Writ of
Summons filed on 13th December 2016 the Plaintiff herein claimed the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>“a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the registration of Customary Marriage effected by the
Registrar of Marriage on 15th December 2015 in the Marriage
Register, Kwabeng in the Eastern Region of Ghana in respect of an alleged
Customary Marriage between Samuel Dadson (Deceased) and Edith Asare Agyiri,
Defendant herein is null and void on the grounds that the registration was
procured by virtue of an untrue/fraudulent Statutory Declaration dated 10th
March 2014 that was sworn to by one Mr. Yeboah Boadi and Mr. Oppong Boateng.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Order directed at
the Registrar of Marriages, Kwabeng to expunge from the marriage register and
all records the aforesaid registration of Customary Marriage together with the
form and Notice of Registration of Customary Marriage dated 15th
December 2015 on grounds that the Documents and Registration were procured by
fraud and/or through false Affidavit that was presented to the Registrar of
Customary Marriages for the purpose.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A further Order
directing the Form of Register of Customary Marriages and the Notice of
Registration of Customary Marriage dated 15th December 2013
submitted by or for Edith Asare Agyiri to claim the Late Mr. Samuel Dadson’s
Pension and other benefits and his interest in the house and property known as
63 Prior Croft, Walthamstow, London E17 5NH are null and void on the grounds
that the issuing date of the said documents was unlawfully altered, and the
signature of Samuel Dadson and Edith Asare Agyiri were inserted unlawfully in
the said document after Samuel Dadson’s death on 3rd October 2015.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A further declaration
that the customary marriage allegedly entered into by Samuel Dadson (deceased)
and Edith Asare Agyiri on 7th September 2008 is unlawful, null and
void by virtue of Section 76 of the Ghana Marriages Act 1884-1985 (CAP 127)
(Part 3) on the grounds that Samuel Dadson lacked capacity to enter into the
said customary marriage, in that, Mr. Dadson was at the time and since 22nd
November 2000 married to another person the Plaintiff herein under CAP 127 and
his Ordinance/Christian Marriage was never dissolved until Samuel Dadson died
on 3rd October 2015.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A perpetual
injunction restraining the Defendant herein Edith Asare Agyiri, her agents,
heirs, successors and assigns from holding out in </main>