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SARAH PINTO
V.
AYIKU PINTO & 5 ORS.

(2024) JELR 114620 (HC)

High Court 9 Jan 2024 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, the alleged widow of Isaac Kabutey Pinto Abebleh (“the deceased”), instituted proceedings seeking a declaration of her status as the surviving legal spouse, injunctions regarding funeral arrangements, and a declaration excludin

Case Details

Suit Number:E12/114/2018
Judges:PATRICIA QUANSAH, J
Counsel:JUSTICE KWAKU SALLAH ESQ. COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF ERIC ASUMAN ADU ESQ. COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS, WITH SAMUEL ANGUAH ESQ.
Location:Tema

JUDGMENT

PROLOGUE

 [i] The Plaintiff herein contends that she is the legal spouse of the late Isaac Kabutey Pinto Abebleh and therefore instituted this action; after the death of the said Isaac Kabutey Pinto Abebleh for the following reliefs (which were subsequently amended):

a. A declaration that the Plaintiff is the legal spouse of the late Isaac Kabutey Pinto Abebleh. 

b. An order of interim injunction directed at the 1st to 4th Defendants to be restrained from organizing any funeral in respect of the late Isaac Kabutey Pinto Abebleh without the involvement of the Plaintiff as the legal wife of Isaac Kabutey Pinto Abebleh. 

c. An order of injunction restraining the Mortician (5th Defendant) assigned to the Trinity Hospital, Lebanon – Ashaiman, from releasing the mortal remains of the deceased, Isaac Kabutey Pinto Abebleh until the final determination of this case

d. Any other relief(s) this court deems fit.

2.  FACTS OF THE PLAINTIFF’S CASE

[ii] According to the Plaintiff, she got married …

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