RAD FOREST PRODUCTS LTD & ORS (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS) vs. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. (DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPLICANTS)

BENIN, J.A, The High Court in Sekondi granted an order of interim preservation of certain equipment and vehicles in the possession of the defendants. These items are the subject-matter of four consolidated suits. The application was brought under Order 50, r. 5 of the (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A). The Court appointed the Registrar of the Court to be the Receiver/Manager thereof. These are the relevant orders made by the court below: 1. “...........the detention and preservation of the disputed machines, vehicles and equipment now in the custody and possession of the respondents herein. 2. I hereby further appoint the Deputy Registrar of this Court Receiver/Manager to manage the disputed machinery, vehicles and equipment pending the determination of the suits herein. 3. Both the applicants and the respondents may apply to the Receiver/Manager for the use of any of the items the subject matter of this application to be let on hire to them and the hire price to be pai.....