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IN RE KUMATSE (DECD.); KUMATSE
V.
HODIENUKPOR

(1975) JELR 83746 (HC)

High Court 31 Jul 1975 Ghana
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Judges:FRANCOIS J.A.
Counsel:Mawudoku for Amorin For the Applicant. Adjabeng for Dogoe For the Respondent.
Location:Ho
Other Citations:[1975] 2 GLR 344

FRANCOIS J.A.

In these proceedings the applicant seeks a revocation of letters of administration granted her uncle John Anku Hodienukpor on 24 May 1965 to administer the estate of her late father Oswald Kumatse. She founds her plaint on the following:

(1) The administrator's mismanagement of the estate.

(2) His relinquishment of the authority conferred on him by the court.

(3) The applicant's own superior capacity to administer the estate.

The argument on the first ground rested on the improper disbursement of rents collected from the deceased's estate and devastavit in regard to a cocoa farm. The applicant complained that she had not received her due share of rents collected and paid into the estate kitty while distant and undeserving hangers-on in the family had received bounties. As to the cocoa farm the allegation was that it had been neglected and allowed to wither thus depriving the estate of valuable revenue.

On the evidence I do not find these charges made out. It is not controve…

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