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ANIM-ADDO AND OTHERS
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MENSAH AND OTHERS

(1989) JELR 65889 (HC)

High Court 31 Oct 1989 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over the validity of certain bequests made in a will. - The plaintiffs argue that the bequests violate the perpetuities rule, the rule on accumulations, and the rule on inalienability. - The defendants argue th

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Judges:BROBBEY J.
Counsel:E. D. KOM FOR THE PLAINTIFFS; A. B. CHINEBUAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS.
Other Citations:[1992] 2 GLR 44

BROBBEY J.

The facts which gave rise to this dispute are relatively straightforward and are as follows: Patrick Kwaku Anim-Addo (hereinafter referred to as the testator) who died on 5 February 1988 left a will dated 5 September 1987. In the will, he made, inter alia, the following bequests:

“I appoint Mrs. Addae Mensah alias Nana Abena Biama as one of the executors to administer my interest in the company of Ghana Textile Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and to pay the benefits and profits to Abena Asantewa my niece in her lifetime and after her death should pass on to the descendants of her children. I give and bequeath all my trinkets (gold) to my niece Abena Asantewa and after her death to pass on to her descendants.
I appoint Yaw Asirifi and Gideon Nyarku to run Kwanin Trading Co. Ltd. as directors and to administer the company and to invest the benefits and profits to the descendants of Abena Asantewa. I devise and bequeath the residue of my real estate to my trustees upon trust as follows:…

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