GRACE ANSAH AND ALEXANDER ASAMANI vs. GERTRUDE BOYE AND LINDA BOYE [2020]DLCA8844

Date	2020-03-05
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/136/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8844

AVRIL LOVELACE JOHNSON J.S.C. (PRESIDING)

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO J.S.C

AMMA GAISIE J.A.

ANGELA QUARDEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

DOROTHY TETTEY FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2020]DLCA8844
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GRACE ANSAH AND ALEXANDER ASAMANI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/
APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GERTRUDE BOYE AND LINDA BOYE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/ RESPONDENTS)<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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CIVIL APPEAL NO.
H1/136/2019&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;DATE: 5TH MARCH, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ANGELA
QUARDEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DOROTHY TETTEY FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<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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AVRIL LOVELACE JOHNSON J.S.C. (PRESIDING),
GERTRUDE TORKORNOO J.S.C, AMMA GAISIE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>AMMA A. GAISIE J.A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This appeal is
against the judgment of the High Court, Industrial &amp; Labour Division, Accra
dated the 12th March 2018 by which judgment was entered for the
Defendants/Respondents.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiffs, by a
Writ of Summons issued out of the High Court on 28th January 2011
claimed against the Defendant:<o:p></o:p>“A declaration that
House Number M888/1, Madina Estates, Accra belongs to the estate of the late
Joseph Boye (deceased”).<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In their statement of claim filed
the same day, the Plaintiffs describe themselves as the “intended
administrators” of the estate of the late Joseph Ansah Boye (Deceased).&nbsp; The Plaintiffs are the wife and son of the
late Joseph Boye respectively while the Defendants are the children of the late
Gideon Titi Boye (Deceased) one of the sons of the late Joseph Boye and
therefore the grandchildren of the said Joseph Boye.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiffs case at the High
Court was that their father, Joseph Ansah Boye died on 12th
September 2005 and at the time of his death he was the owner of House Number
M888/1, Madina Estates, Accra.&nbsp;
Plaintiffs claim that their father purchased the land from the Chief of
Ogbodjo in 1982 and immediately commenced building on it.&nbsp; The Plaintiffs claim further that at the time
the late Joseph Boye was putting up the building he engaged the services of his
son Gideon Titi Boye (also deceased) as a driver of his commercial vehicle and
tasked him to use the proceeds of the vehicle to complete the construction of
the building.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiffs claim that upon the
death of Joseph Ansah Boye, they were granted Letters of Administration on 7th
July 2009 to administer the estate of Joseph Boye but the Defendant’s caveated
the grant claiming that the said property belonged to their father Gideon Titi
Boye.&nbsp; The Plaintiffs contend that the
property belongs to the estate of Joseph Ansah Boye and therefore they sought a
declaration that House Number M888/1, Madina Estates belongs to the late Joseph
Ansah Boye.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Defendants deny the Plaintiffs
claim and contend that no family ever met to appoint the Plaintiffs
administrators of the estate of the late Joseph Ansah Boye who is their
grandfather.&nbsp; They also contend that it
was their late father Gideon Titi Boye who acquired the land in dispute and
built on same.&nbsp; The Defendants contend
further that their late father made a death bed declaration in which he
bequeathed the house in dispute to his children, the Defendants and their
younger brother Samuel Boye.&nbsp; They
therefore caveated the grant of the Letters of Administration to the Plaintiffs
as they had included in the list of inventory, House No. M888/1, Madina
Estates, Accra.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>