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KOFI ASIEDU BOOHENE & ORS.
V.
REGISTRAR GENERAL

(2016) JELR 108511 (HC)

High Court 28 Jul 2016 Ghana
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- The plaintiffs, children of the deceased E.H. Boohene, initiated a legal action against the defendants, challenging the validity of their father's will and the sale of a property. They claimed the will was invalid due to non-compliance wi

Case Details

Suit Number:BFA 28/2011
Judges:JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU
Counsel:Edward Sam Crabbe, Esq. for the plaintiffs; Kojo Koomson, Esq. for the 1st defendant; Bernard Ahiafor, Esq. for the 2nd defendant.

JUDGMENT

ASUMAN-ADU, J.

Plaintiffs commenced the instant action by issuing writ of summons and  statement of claim against the defendants on 9th November, 2010 claiming as follows: 

i. A declaration that the alleged will of E. H. Boohene (decd.)  made the 4th day of July, 2003 is invalid for want of compliance  with the Wills Act, 1971 (Act 360), particularly sections 1(2) and   2(3) thereof. 

ii. An order revoking the grant of probate of the said will.

iii. An order directing the 1st defendant to account for his  administration of the estate. 

iv. A declaration that the Foundation (or trust settlement)  purported to have been created under the alleged will was  incompletely constituted, failed for lack of certainty, and was  that unenforceable. 

v. A declaration that in the result the deceased died intestate and  his estate falls into intestacy. 

vi. An order for the administration of the deceaseds estate in  accordance with the Intestate Succession Law, 1985 (PNDCL  111). 

vii. A further…

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