PELMOLINE KWASHIE & 7 ORS vs. MRS. VERGINIA AKLADE [2023]DLHC16966

Date	2023-04-20
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BFA/29/2009
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16966

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE WILLIAM BOAMPONG

WILLIAM AKASAN

JAMES ABIADUKA

ALEXANDER QUARTEY

[2023]DLHC16966
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PELMOLINE KWASHIE &amp; 7 ORS<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. BFA/29/2009&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 20TH
APRIL, 2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

WILLIAM AKASAN FOR JAMES
ABIADUKA FOR PLAINTIFFS <o:p></o:p>

ALEXANDER QUARTEY FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE
WILLIAM BOAMPONG <o:p></o:p>

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

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&nbsp;“My understanding is that a Will is a very special and solemn legal document
in which a person declares his wishes as to how his property should be
distributed, disposed of or managed after his death, and the greatest respect
due to a deceased person is in my opinion, to give effect to his ‘Last Will and Testament’ unless there
are compelling reasons militating against doing so”.<o:p></o:p>

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After the grant of probate of the last Will and Testament of Late John Wisdom
Humphrey Fummey had been granted by the High Court Accra to the Defendant, the
Plaintiff herein felt compelling reasons why same ought not to have been
granted to the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>

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Pursuant to that the
Plaintiffs had instituted this action claiming against the Defendant as
follows:-<o:p></o:p>

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A declaration that the Probate granted to
Mrs. Virginia Aklade (Nee Fummey) as the sole Executor of the Estate of late
John Wisdom Humphrey Fummey on the 4th September, 2007 is invalid,
void and of no effect.<o:p></o:p>

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&nbsp;An Order revoking and setting aside the grant of Probate
in respect of the Will of late Wisdom Humphrey Fummey
to the Defendant by the High Court, Accra on the 4th Septemb</main>