Sowah J. A. delivered the judgment of the court.  The short facts of this case are that after the death of one Kwaku Gyan-Fosu also known as Nana Afriyea Ababio, Krapahene, in 1963, the royal family of the Krapa stool elected his cousin Akua Kunadu as his successor and authorised her to apply for letters of administration to administer his estate which she accordingly did.