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Has the decision in Adisa Boya v Mohammed (Substituted by) Mohammed & Mujeeb eroded the powers of executors or administrators in the distribution of an estate of a deceased person? Is the decision in Okyere (decd) (substituted by Peprah) v Appenteng & Adomaa still good law?
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May 10, 2021July 24, 2025Succession

Has the decision in Adisa Boya v Mohammed (Substituted by) Mohammed & Mujeeb eroded the powers of executors or administrators in the distribution of an estate of a deceased person? Is the decision in Okyere (decd) (substituted by Peprah) v Appenteng & Adomaa still good law?

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Introduction  This article brings to mind the words of Thomas Paine, when he stated as follows in 1796 “Nothing they say, is more certain than death, nothing more uncertain than the time of dying.”[1] Who are an executor and an administrator? The Wills Act, 1971 (Act 360) does not define who an executor is or...