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ASANTEWAA
V.
ANSONG

(1992) JELR 66122 (HC)

High Court 24 Jul 1992 Ghana
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- The plaintiffs seek a declaration that a house was the property of the late George Ansong, and that the devise of the property to the plaintiffs and his other wife and children was proper. - The defendant counterclaims for a declaration o

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Judges:GBADEGBE J.
Counsel:ANIN YEBOAH FOR THE PLAINTIFFS; NANA ASSIBEY YEBOAH FOR THE DEFENDANT.
Other Citations:[1992] 1 GLR 550

GBADEGBE J.: In this action, the plaintiffs seek:

(a). “A declaration that house No. 139 situate and being at Old Estate known as Volta House was the property of the late George Ansong.

(b). A further declaration that the devise of the said property by the late George Ansong to the plaintiffs and his other wife and children were proper as the property was his own at the time of his death.

(c). An order for perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, assigns and privies from dealing with the said property in any way adverse to the interest of the plaintiffs and the other beneficiaries.

(d). Further or other reliefs.”

The action herein from the evidence is between a mother and some of her children as the plaintiffs and her eldest male child as the defendant. The defendant and the second to fifth plaintiffs are uterine brothers and sisters, having all been begotten by the first plaintiff and the decedent hereinbefore mentioned, George Ansong.

In the lifetime of the said dece…

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