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CELIA AMOAKO TUFFOUR
V.
DR. EMMANUEL OSEI TUFFOUR & ANOR

(2024) JELR 114369 (HC)

High Court 18 Jan 2024 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, surviving spouse of Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffour, sought various declaratory and consequential orders regarding the classification, division, and disposition of alleged matrimonial property bequeathed via the deceased’s Will, chall

Case Details

Suit Number:PA/0072/2023
Judges:JUSTICE SARAH ARYEE (MRS.), J.
Counsel:KWADWO WIAFE ANNOR HOLDING BRIEF OF GASPER LYLE NII APONSA FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT PRESENT LADY EILEEN ERSKINE FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT
Location:Accra

RULING

The plaintiff sued out of the Registry of this Court a Writ of Summons and Statement of claim seeking the following reliefs;

a. A declaration that all of the properties, accounts, assets, vehicles and other valuables (altogether “ matrimonial property”) disposed of in the Will of the late Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffour are matrimonial property and not the exclusive or self-acquired property of the Testator.

b. A declaration that the Testator had no power to bequeath jointly-owned matrimonial property to any entity or person without the consent of the plaintiff spouse OR alternatively, a declaration that the Testator only had power to bequeath only his equitable share or interest of the matrimonial property to his legatees and any disposition beyond the interest of the Testator constitutes a lapse or failure of the disposition to that degree.

c. A declaration that the plaintiff is herself entitled to an equitable share of the matrimonial property

d. An order that an equitable share of the …

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