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KOFI ASIEDU BOOHENE & ORS. V. REGISTRAR GENERAL

(2016) JELR 108511 (HC)

High Court  •  BFA 28/2011  •  28 Jul 2016  •  Ghana

Coram
JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

Appearances
Edward Sam Crabbe, Esq. for the plaintiffs; Kojo Koomson, Esq. for the 1st defendant; Bernard Ahiafor, Esq. for the 2nd defendant.

Judgement

JUDGMENT

ASUMAN-ADU, J.

Plaintiffs commenced the instant action by issuing writ of summons and  statement of claim against the defendants on 9th November, 2010 claiming as follows: 

i. A declaration that the alleged will of E. H. Boohene (decd.)  made the 4th day of July, 2003 is invalid for want of compliance  with the Wills Act, 1971 (Act 360), particularly sections 1(2) and   2(3) thereof. 

ii. An order revoking the grant of probate of the said will.

iii. An order directing the 1st defendant to account for his  administration of the estate. 

iv. A declaration that the Foundation (or trust settlement)  purported to have been created under the alleged will was  incompletely constituted, failed for lack of certainty, and was  that unenforceable. 

v. A declaration that in the result the deceased died intestate and  his estate falls into intestacy. 

vi. An order for the administration of the deceased’s estate in  accordance with the Intestate Succession Law, 1985 (PNDCL  111). 

vii. A further…

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