SAMUEL AHONOR (AN INFANT)vs. ROSE GEORGINA AHONOR AND 4 OTHERS [2020]DLHC10332

Date	2020-03-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO.GJ/1661/2017
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10332

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)

COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR. ROBERT YARTEY ESQ.

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS: MR.NATHANIEL MYERS ESQ.

[2020]DLHC10332
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL AHONOR (AN INFANT)<o:p></o:p>(Suing
per his next friend and guardian CELESTINE AHONOR)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ROSE GEORGINA AHONOR AND 4
OTHERS<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO.GJ/1661/2017&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;DATE: <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">26TH MARCH 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>COUNSEL
FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR. ROBERT YARTEY, ESQ.<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS: MR.NATHANIEL MYERS,
ESQ.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
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EN-US">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;mso-hyphenate:none;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:
none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">BRIEF FACTS<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-hyphenate:none;
punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">The plaintiff was seventeen (17) years of age at the time he instituted
this action through his next friend and guardian, one Celestine Ahonor who
happens also to be his biological aunt (the sister of his deceased father,
George Ahonor).<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-hyphenate:none;
punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-hyphenate:none;
punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">The 1st to 4th defendants are the administrators
of the Estate of the deceased George Ahonor.&nbsp;
The 2nd defendant is the surviving spouse of the deceased
Ahonor and the 1st, 3rd and 4th defendants are
the sisters and cousin respectively of the deceased George Ahonor.&nbsp; The 5th and 6th defendants
are tenants in one of the houses belonging to the deceased and which is located
at Lartebiokorshie, Accra.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
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punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
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EN-US">&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-hyphenate:none;
punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">At the time of his demise, George Ahonor was the owner of quite a number
of landed properties in Accra.&nbsp; The 1st
to 4th defendants were granted letters of administration (LA) by the
High Court on the 27th day of July, 2011 and almost four years after
the grant, the administrators decided to distribute the estate to its
beneficiaries.&nbsp; As a result the plaintiff
was given the house located at Lartebiokorshie with number 335/3.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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EN-US">&nbsp;