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GRACE OFFEH
V.
KWASI PREMPEH & 5 ORS.

(2024) JELR 115842 (HC)

High Court 26 Jan 2024 Ghana
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Suit Number:C7/34/2017
Judges:PATRICIA QUANSAH, J.
Counsel:JOHN BREFO ESQ., COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF SANDRA AFRIYIE HOLDING KWAKU YEBOAH APPIAH’S BRIEF FOR THE DEFENDANTS
Location:Kumasi

JUDGMENT

I. INTRODUCTION

“There is something about Wills which brings out the worst of human nature. People who under ordinary circumstances are perfectly upright and amiable, go as curly as corkscrews and foam at the mouth whenever they hear the words “I devise and bequeath.”

Dorothy L. Sayers, “Strong Poison”

[i] As the quote above suggests, there is a will in contention and the Plaintiff herein is one of the older children the deceased had with his late first wife. There are, however, other children and a surviving spouse left behind by the deceased, Edward Kwaku Offeh.

[ii] The Plaintiff herein thus contends she and her siblings are the children of the late Edward Kwaku Offeh @ Kwaku Nsiah of Buokrom Estate, Kumasi, Ashanti, begat with his wife, the late Ama Kumah @ Ama Dwomo @Grace Omane of Odumase, Asante Akim. Plaintiff further contends that she brings this action against the Defendants herein jointly and severally on behalf of herself and all her surviving siblings, namely Jos…

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