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ABDUL RASHID MOHAMMED DANIEL ABDALLAH V. HAJIA MENUNA SHADOW

(2018) JELR 64786 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  SUIT NO. H1/108/2018  •  6 Dec 2018  •  Ghana

Coram
K. A. ACQUAYE J.A. (PRESIDING), ACKAH YENSU (MISS) J.A., I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A.

Judgement

JUDGMENT

ACQUAYE, J. A.

This is the judgment in respect of an appeal filed on 27th February 2017 against the decision of a High Court in Accra delivered on 17th February 2017 which revoked the letters of administration granted to the defendants/appellants in respect of the estate of the late Mohammed Abubakari.

On 21st August 2013 the plaintiff/respondent issued a writ of summons in the High Court, Accra claiming against the defendants/appellants: -

a) An order for revocation of the letters of Administration in respect of the estate of Mohammed Abubakari

b) An order for defendants to return any moveable and immoveable assets of the estate they have dealt with

c) Perpetual injunction restraining defendants from having anything to do with the estate of the deceased

The plaintiff’s case was that she is the only surviving widow of Mohammed Abubakari by virtue of a traditional moslem marriage in 1994 and under the Marriage Ordinance Cap 127 in October 2008. Mohammed Abubakari died intestate on 18…

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