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ERNEST APATU PLANGE
V.
EMMANUEL BART PLANGE & 2 ORS.

(2010) JELR 69015 (HC)

High Court 16 Apr 2010 Ghana
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- The Court held that Plaintiff is entitled to a life interest in House No. C501/4 (C’est Si Bon Hotel), barring all others, due to his long, unchallenged possession and substantial improvements; upon his death, the property reverts to the

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: FII/58/2002
Judges:JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU
Counsel:MR. EMMANUEL ANNAN FOR THE PLAINTIFF,MR. GEORGE ESHUN FOR THE DEFENDANTS

JUDGMENT

In the Plaintiff’s Writ of Summons filed against the Defendants jointly and severally on 28th May, 2002, he claims as follows:

“1. A declaration that;

(a) The 1st Defendant is not and has not ever been appointed or elected, head of the family of John Nyan Plange, deceased.

(b) The purported meeting of the family of John Nyan Plange, deceased, at which the Defendants were purportedly nominated or appointed to take out letters of administration of the estate of John Nyan Plange, deceased, was not validly constituted and that the purported nomination or appointment of the defendants to take out the letters of administration is invalid and ineffective.

2. A declaration that House Number C501/4, Royal Castle Road, Kokomlemle, Accra (otherwise known as C’est Si Bon Hotel) does not form part of the estate of John Nyan Plange, deceased, or in the alternative a declaration that the Plaintiff has a life interest in the said property to the exclusion of all other persons.

3. An order restrain…

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