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ERIC TEI AKWETEY SIAW, DR. DANIEL NARH SIAW AND EMMANUL THOMAS SEKOU
V.
TETTEH SIAW-SAPPORE, NARTEH SIAW-SAPPORE AND SIAW-SAPPORE OTUBUAH

(2016) JELR 68781 (SC)

Supreme Court 4 Nov 2016 Ghana
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- The case involves an application for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court and for stay of proceedings under Section 1 (2) of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459) as amended and Rule 7 (4) Supreme Court Rules, 1996, C. I. 16 as amended.

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J8/129/2016
Judges:ANIN YEBOAH J.S.C. SITTING AS A SINGLE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
Counsel:GEORGE ABORGA FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPLICANT, ISAAC OFOSU BOATENG WITH HIM NANA AKOSUA KORANKYE ANKRAH AND D.A. AKROFI FOR RESPONDENT APPELLANT RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

ANIN YEBOAH JSC

On the 27th November 2016, I dismissed this application for special leave to appeal to this court and for stay of proceedings under Section 1 (2) of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459) as amended and Rule 7 (4) Supreme Court Rules, 1996, C. I. 16 as amended. As these proceedings touched on the pendency of interlocutory application, the facts could be easily gleaned from the affidavits filed in this application. On 12th March 2009 the Plaintiffs commenced an action against the Defendants before the High Court, Tema, for revocation of letters of administration granted to them in respect of the estate of Baby Angelina Manle Siaw-Sappore. The case was heard to finality when judgment was delivered on 22nd November 2011 in favour of the Plaintiffs and accordingly, the letters of administration so granted was revoked and the trial court instead granted the letters of administration to the first and second plaintiffs.

Subsequent to the revocation and the grant of letters of a…

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