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GEORGE BONSU AGYEI
V.
FREEBORN KWABENA AGYEI & 2 ORS

(2024) JELR 112453 (CA)

Court of Appeal 18 Apr 2024 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over the distribution of a property owned by a deceased father among his children. - The deceased father was survived by his wife and three children from the same mother, including the plaintiff and the defenda

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/25/2021
Judges:G. S. SUURBAAREH, JA (PRESIDING) SAMUEL OBENG-DIAWUO, JA CHARLES EKOW E. BAIDEN, JA
Counsel:EUNICE MENSAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT KWAKU YEBOAH APPIAH FOR THE 1 DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

OBENG-DIAWUO (JA)

INTRODUCTION

It is written in the Gospel according to St. Matthew 7:9-11 as follows: “which of you if your son ask for bread will give him stone or he ask for a fish he will give him a snake…”. It is the desire of every parent to give their children the best of everything including, education, food, clothing and shelter. Where parents are wealthy and are able to satisfy these basic necessities of life, they go ahead to acquire properties for their children often at a great cost and sacrifice to their own personal comfort. The hard work of one Freeborn Kwabena Agyei to acquired landed property for their enjoyment of his immediate family namely: his wife and children has been more of a curse than a blessing.

The inability to peacefully enjoy this property together after his demise has been a source of dispute between the plaintiff/appellant hereinafter called (the plaintiff) one of his biological sons and the 1 defendant/respondent hereinafter called (the 1 defend…

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