JUDGMENT
Koranteng-Addow J.
I gave my decision in this matter yesterday and reserved my reasons for today, and these are the reasons: The plaintiff in this matter applied for letters of administration to enable him to administer "the personal estate of the late Samuel Banson, etc." The late Banson hailed from Gomoa in the Central Region but resided in Kumasi. From the supporting affidavit of Opanyin Kwesi Mensah, who describes himself as the head of the family of the deceased, it appears that the late Banson belonged to the Anona family of Dogo, an Akan family.
The applicant describes himself in his oath of administrator as a "junior brother" of the deceased and said also in the affidavit in support of his application that he had been unanimously appointed by the family to succeed to the estate of the deceased. The deceased was survived by four grown-up children (three women and a man) as well as his widow. As the deceased married his wife under the customary law there seemed to be no o…