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KWAME YEBOAH FREMPONG, NANA FREDUA FREMPONG, YAW ADOMAKO FREMPONG AND KWAKU OFOSU FREMPONG
V.
OBENEWAA FREMPONG, TABUAH FRIMPONG AND ASANTEWAH FRIMPONG

(2019) JELR 66047 (HC)

High Court 27 May 2019 Ghana
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- The dispute concerned the validity of the Last Will and Testament of Frempong Kofi Yeboah, with Plaintiffs (brothers) alleging fraud and forgery against Defendants (sisters), contending that the Will was not executed by the deceased and d

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Suit Number:SUIT NO: GJ/ 292/2015
Judges:HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO
Counsel:JOSHUA AMIDU KANTON FOR THE PLAINTIFFS; ALI GOMDAH ABDUL-SAMAD WITH RITA KUNKUTI ALI FOR THE DEFENDANTS.

JUDGMENT

ACKAAH-BOAFO, J.

i. Introduction:

[1] There are no “winners” in this litigation. While a judgment such as this may bring elation to either the Plaintiffs or the Defendants that justice has been served, there can be no assurance that the relationship between the parties herein will be completely ever repaired. This is a case between brothers as Plaintiffs and their sisters as Defendants. And the subject matter of the dispute is the Last Will and Testament of their late father, Frempong Kofi Yeboah deceased. In my respectful opinion the fact that the deceased left a property in his name for his children and taking into consideration the Deceased’s life worth and accomplishments as presented to the Court, his life ought to have been celebrated rather than his passing being litigated by his children.

[2] Quite clearly, this is one case that is most suited for the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program especially because all the parties are of the same nuclear family. It is cert…

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