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GOLIGHTLY AND OTHERS
V.
VANDERPUYE

(1961) JELR 64325 (HC)

High Court 27 Nov 1961 Ghana
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- The plaintiffs are the children of Odartey Golightly, who died intestate in 1927. - The plaintiffs claim that a piece of land, which was leased to Charles Annan Vanderpuye, was their late father's self-acquired property and that the lease

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Judges:OLLENNU J.
Counsel:C. C. LOKKO FOR THE PLAINTIFFS; G. KORANTENG-ADDOW FOR THE DEFENDANT
Other Citations:[1961] GLR 716, [1961] 2 GLR 716-720, JELR 82840

OLLENNU J.

The plaintiffs are the children of one Odartey Golightly, deceased. The first two by marriage under customary law and the other six by two marriages under the Marriage Ordinance Cap. 127 (1951 Rev.). The said Odartey died intestate on the 22nd February, 1927, and was survived by his second wife by marriage under the Ordinance, his said children and his younger brother Kojo Golightly.

By an indenture of lease dated the 9th May, 1945, Kojo Golightly demised to one Charles Annan Vanderpuye, now deceased, the piece of land now in dispute. The defendant is the head of the family of the said Charles Annan Vanderpuye.

The claim of the plaintiffs is for a declaration that the said land was the self-acquired property of their late father, that the demise of the same to the said C.A. Vanderpuye is null and void and conferred no interest in the said land upon the said C.A. Vanderpuye on the grounds that the demise was made without their knowledge and consent. They also claim an order fo…

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