[2023]DLHC16315 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875rem;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">KWAKU MENSAH AND KWADWO BONSU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">PLAINTIFFS</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">DICKSON NSIAH YEBOAH AND KWAME GYAWU NSIAH</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0"> <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">DEFENDANTS</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p></span></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;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">SUIT NO. C7/53/2009 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DATE: 31<sup>ST</sup> MARCH 2023</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SILAS KWAKU YEBOAH-AKOWUAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></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;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KWAME A. BOAFO FOR THE DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></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;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE FRANCIS OBIRI</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></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;text-align:center; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:-9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The Plaintiffs per their Writ of Summons issued on 1<sup>st</sup> day of April, 2009 claim against the Defendants jointly and severally for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:-9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">An order that the last Wills and Testaments of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0cm;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Kofi Poku (Deceased) of Tanoso, Kumasi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Kwame Gyamfi (Deceased) of Tanoso, Kumasi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Yaw Kyeremeh (Deceased) of Tanoso, Kumasi and;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">d)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Kwabena Nsiah (Deceased) of Tanoso, Kumasi <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">all executed on 25<sup>th</sup> July, 1993 are valid and ought to be admitted to Probate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family