KWAKU OPOKU FORDJOUR & 2 ORS vs SAMUEL ACHEAMPONG & 9 ORS [2019]DLHC16621

Date	2019-01-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO.C7/15/2009
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC16621

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE FRANCIS OBIRI

SAMUEL AYISI

ASANTE-KROBEA

[2019]DLHC16621
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWAKU OPOKU
FORDJOUR &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SAMUEL
ACHEAMPONG &amp; 9 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 0.2pt;">

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NO.C7/15/2009&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 22ND &nbsp;JANUARY 2019<o:p></o:p>

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</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;I wish to begin this
judgment by quoting Ecclesiastes 2:21-23 which says “For a man may do
his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill and then he must leave all he owns to
someone who has not worked for it.&nbsp; This
too is meaningless and a great misfortune.&nbsp;
What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving which he
labours under the sun? All his days, his work is pain and grief, even at night
his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless”.<o:p></o:p>The protagonist around
whom this case revolves is Elder Nana Solomon Acheampong alias Solomon
Acheampong alias Agya Solo.&nbsp; He died Intestate
on 23rd March 2008 at the age of 80 years.&nbsp; He was survived by a widow and ten
children.&nbsp; The widow however died before
the funeral rite of Solomon Acheampong was performed. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;He was a wealthy man by Ghanaian standard. The
Plaintiffs are his extended family members while the Defendants are his
children.<o:p></o:p>On the part of the Plaintiffs,
he acquired the following properties during his lifetime.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;
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H/No. SWB 11, Sakira Wonoo in the Kwabre District of
the Ashanti Region,<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;
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