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KOUSSIVI PASCAL DANSOU
V.
JONAS NII DODOO

(2017) JELR 108435 (HC)

High Court 22 Mar 2017 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, claiming to be a beneficiary of the estate of the late Mansan Kakraba Dansou (deceased 2014 in Benin), sought a declaration of title to a 0.20-acre plot of land in Adjiringano, Accra, against the Defendants. - Defendants raised

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: LD/0707/2016
Judges:JUSTICE ANTHONY OPPONG
Counsel:MR. DELA BLAGOGEE FOR PLAINTIFF PRESENT MR. NATHAN YANNEY FOR 1ST AND 2ND DEFENDANTS PRESENT

RULING 

One Mansan Kakraba Dansou died on the 12th day of November,  2014 in Cotonou, in the Republic of Benin. The said Mansan Kakraba Dansou was alleged to have died possessed of 0.20 acre plot of land situate  and lying at Adjiringano, Accra. 

Plaintiff who claims to be beneficiary of the estate of Mansan Kakraba Dansou which estate includes the said plot of land sued Defendants and sought for declaration of title to the said plot of land,  among other reliefs. 

The only disclosed capacity by which Plaintiff instituted the action  is expressed in paragraph 2 of the Amended Statement of Claim filed on  4th July, 2016. And it is that the Plaintiff is a beneficiary of the estate of  the late Mansan Kakraba Dansou. 

1st and 2nd Defendants challenged the capacity or the locus standi of Plaintiff in taking out the writ of summons against them. At the  application for directions, one issue that featured conspicuously was whether or not Plaintiff has disclosed locus standi to clothe him wi…

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