GLADYS AKU IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT AGBENU (DECEASED) AND IN THE MATTER OF GODWIN AGBENU
(2009) JELR 68472 (SC)
Supreme Court
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/26/2008
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17 Jun 2009
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Ghana
Coram
ATUGUBA JSC (PRESIDING),AKUFFO (MS) JSC,ANSAH JSC,OWUSU (MS) JSC,BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC
Appearances
FREDERICK ASAMOAH FOR THE APPELLANT,WILLIAM ANTHONIO FOR THE RESPONDENT
Judgement
<p>ATUGUBA JSC: This is an appeal by special leave of this court from the judgment of the Court of Appeal reversing the judgment of the Circuit Court; Accra presided over by His Honour Judge G.K.Minta</p><p>The facts of the case as stated by the Court of Appeal per Quaye J.A. are as follows:</p><p>“Robert Agbenu died intestate on 13th December, 1979. The Plaintiff/Appellant herein, claiming to be one of only two surviving children of Robert Agbanu filed an action in the Circuit Court, Accra on 15th August, 2001 against the defendant/respondent, whom he identified as the other child of his father, claiming three heads of relief. These reliefs are:-</p><p><em>a) a declaration that the subject- premises forms part of the estate of their deceased father, Robert Agbenu aforementioned.</em></p><p><em>b) an order appointing the Registrar of the Court to gather-in the estate and distribute it to the parties herein;</em></p><p><em>c) Defendants/respondent to render accounts of all rents and proceeds from the disputed house with effect from 1980.</em></p><p>The ave…</p>