ASSESSORS: Cheick Djibril
N'Diaye, Oumar Keïta
PASSED THE FOLLOWING RULING IN THE CASE BETWEEN:
BAKARY KANTE and MAMOU KANTE : Appellants, having as counsel Maitre Fousseyni
Djiré, Attorney at the Court
BAROU KANTE, Mme Assitan DIARRA: respondents having as counsel Maitre Issouf Fané
of the Themis law firm, Attorneys at the Court
IN A CASE ON THE SHARING OF INHERITED ASSETS
THE COURT
ON THE FORM
Whereas by a certificate issued by the Registry on the 24th September 2008, Bakary Kante
declared having lodged an appeal against Judgment No.807 of 19th September 2008 of the court
of Municipality V of Bamako, the operative part of which reads as follows: “finds that the
succession mass, subject-matter of this succession, is composed of a single house located in
Torokorobougou of an area of 300m2 of a market value of 17,445,677CFAF, holds that the
realisations made by Mrs. Nientao Assitan DIARRA, half-sister of Barou and Bakary Kante and
of a value of 768,734CFAF devolve to the mother;
- Holds further that the rest, that is, the realisations made by the deceased Sekou KANTE worth
5,363,543CFAF as well as the value of the land standing at1,313,400 FCFA, both totalling
6,675,943 CFAF will be shared among the heirs; Appoints Maitre Kanda KEITA, Notary
residing in Bamako to execute the sharing, and this at the charge of the succession;
- Places costs at the charge of the heirs”.
Whereas Mrs. Nientao Assitan DIARRA, through her counsel Maitre Issouf FANE, appealed
against same judgment in her written submissions; Whereas both appeals were made in
accordance with the conditions as to form and time limit provided by law;
they appear admissible;
ON THE SUBSTANCE
CLAIMS AND PLEADINGS OF THE PARTIES
Whereas Bakary KANTE, through Attorney Maitre Fousseyni DJIRE, explains that their father,
Sekou KANTE, died in 1978 in Bamako, leaving as heirs his wife Tenin BALLO (deceased
without children) and his 3 children: Bakary KANTE, Mamou KANTE and Barou KANTE;