GENEVIEVE AMPONG V. FELICIA DONKOR

JUDGMENT

MENSAH-HOMIAH, J.A.

INTRODUCTION: This appeal is taken against the Judgment of the High Court, Kumasi dated 14 July 2023 by which the learned trial Judge affirmed the validity of a Customary Law Will (Samansiw) made by one Elvis Ahima (deceased) and granted in part the reliefs sought by the plaintiff as a beneficiary under the said oral will.

I will, in this judgment, refer to the plaintiff/respondent and defendant/appellant as plaintiff and defendant, respectively, for ease of reference. Customary Law Will and Samansiw will also be used interchangeably.

BACKGROUND FACTS

The plaintiff is the 1 surviving child of Elvis Ahima (deceased). She contended that, the deceased made a Customary law Will (Samansiw), sometime on 18 December 2019, which was captured on video. Under the Samansiw, the plaintiff said her father devised the following properties to her: (i) a flat on the second floor of H/No. Plot 15 Block B, Buokrom Estate, Kumasi; (ii) 2 bedrooms and a hall .in H/No. Plot 20 Blo…