<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>JUDGEMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>OLLENNU J. </strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">By her writ of summons issued in the Native Court “B&quot; of Agona Swedru, the plaintiff claimed reliefs which can briefly be stated as follows. A declaration that she is the only surviving maternal cousin and next of kin of one Adjua Penfua deceased, and therefore the proper person to succeed to her estate. In the alternative, an order to annul the appointment of one Kwabina Sarfu as successor of the said Adjua Panfua; an appointment which had been made by the head and members of the Yorko family.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plaintiff gave evidence to the effect that her mother and the late Adjua Panfuah&#x27;s mother were sisters, children of a woman named Awuyeh. Her evidence in this respect was supported by her first witness, one Kwaku Nyamekye, a member of the family. It was further supported by her second and third witnesses, Kweku Prah, head of another family, the Nsona family, and Robert Odai Saah, head of another family, the Aburadzie family. Her fourth witness, however, contradicted her o…</p>