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AKOSUA DUFIE & ANOR
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AMMA FOSUA & ANOR

(2009) JELR 92148 (SC)

Supreme Court 27 Jul 2009 Ghana
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- The Supreme Court set aside the concurrent findings of the High Court and Court of Appeal, holding that the disputed house and cocoa farms were not family properties but the self-acquired properties of the deceased, Kwaku Poku. - The Cour

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/25/2006
Judges:WOOD (MRS), CJ (PRESIDING) ATUGUBA, JSC ANSAH, JSC ADINYIRA (MRS), JSC DOTSE, JSC
Counsel:TOTOE LEGAL SERVICE FOR THE APPELLANT. W. A.N. ADUMUAH-BOSSMAN FOR THE RESPONDENTS.
Other Citations:(2009) JELR 68461 (SC)


                                         J U D G M E N T

 WOOD (MRS), CJ. :

I agree with the opinions to be delivered by my learned brothers Atuguba, Ansah and Dotse JJSC and my learned sister Sophia Adinyira JSC. I have nothing useful to add.

                                                                        

G. T. WOOD (MRS) 

(CHIEF JUSTICE)                                                            

        


ATUGUBA, JSC:

The surviving 2nd Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent together with her late sister who was then the 1st Plaintiff got locked up with the defendants appellants/appellants in an estate dispute relating to the ownership of a house and two cocoa farms. Whilst the plaintiff claims that these are family properties the defendants claim they are all self-acquired properties of their late father and husband respectively.

There are concurrent findings of fact on these matters in the High Court and Court of Appeal in favour of the plaintiff.  It is trite law that an appellate cour…

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