IN RE SASU-TWUM (DECD.); SASU-TWUM V. TWUM

ABBAN J.

The plaintiff, by her originating summons, submitted six questions for determination, and prayed that the court may make declarations as to her rights and those of her children in respect of certain properties of which her deceased husband died intestate. She also asked for directions on the distribution of the said estate of her husband.

The facts of the case which were not in dispute are as follows: The plaintiff and her husband, the late Solomon Sasu-Twum, were on 24 July 1958 married under the Marriage Ordinance, Cap. 127 (1951 Rev.), at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Accra. After the marriage they set up their matrimonial home in Accra. The husband died intestate on 4 August 1973. He was survived by both parents, four sons of the marriage and the plaintiff. The father, who claimed to have been appointed the customary successor of his deceased son, is the defendant in the present proceedings.

As at the date when the originating summons herein was filed, that is 13 February 197…