COMFORT BREW ANTHONY vs. JEAN ANTHONY [2020]DLHC17285

Date	2020-06-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ 1793/17
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC17285

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JANE HARRIET AKWELEY QUAYE (MRS.)

GEORGE AMISSAH

JOHNNY KLUTSE

ESI TAWIAH ADDO-ASHONG

[2020]DLHC17285
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >COMFORT BREW
ANTHONY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JEAN ANTHONY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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: 15.5pt;">

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>GEORGE AMISSAH FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT&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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

JOHNNY
KLUTSE FOR ESI TAWIAH ADDO-ASHONG FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JANE
HARRIET AKWELEY QUAYE (MRS.)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 15.5pt;">

RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>By
a judgment given on 1st May, 2019, by his Lordship Eric Kyei Baffor
J., the Plaintiff/Applicant was awarded half interest of property of her deceased husband, the late Arthur
Lawrence Anthony in consideration of
Section 13(2) of the Wills Act 1971, Act 360. In this Application, the Plaintiff/Applicant
is asking the Court to compel the &nbsp;Defendant/Respondent,
who is the executrix of the will of the deceased, Arthur Lawrence Anthony, to give
her duplicate keys to the said matrimonial House No. 23, Osabu Street,
Abelenkpe, to enable her retrieve her possessions and allow potential buyers
who contact her to access and inspect the said property.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In
their Affidavit in Opposition, the Defendant/Respondent/Executrix denied the
assertion that the Plaintiff/Applicant has been denied access to the property,
and said by their Exhibit “SNMY3”, Plaintiff/Applicant was given relevant
information by which
to contact the appointed real estate agent appointed by the executrix. Defendant/Respondent further denied
that Plaintiff/Applicant still had items in the house and said she was reliably
informed that the Plaintiff/Applicant sent her niece in 2016 to collect her
belongings.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In CATHELINE AND ANOR. V AKKUFO –ADDO AND ANOR.
(1984-86) 1 GLR 57-61, it
was held that the right of an executor as representative of a testator
commences from the date of the death
of the deceased. From the facts, the Defendant/Respondent is the appointed
executrix and trustee of the deceased. Nowhere in the judgment of 15th May, was 2019 by his Lordship Eric Kyei
Baffour J that fact discarded or reviewed
to include the Applicant. It is
trite learning that the
will of a deceased ordinarily should not be interfered with. There are
circumstances in which a court may interfere
with the will of a testator,
and one of those circumstances is what the trial judge applied under Section 13(2) of
the Wills Act