SHEIK AHMED RUFAI YAHAYA & 8 ORS. vs. SUMMA HOLDING CORPORATION & 8 ORS.

ANIN YEBOAH, J.A.: On the 7/7/2003 the plaintiffs/respondents [referred to in this judgment as the respondents] obtained leave from the High Court, Accra, [Fast Track Division] to issue a writ of summons and statement of claim and serve same out of jurisdiction. The leave was granted by Dordzie, J on the said date and on 10/7/03 the respondents filed the writ of summons together with the statement of claim. In appears the first to fifth respondents are individual whereas the sixth to the ninth respondents are corporate bodies. The action was against the eight defendants and out of the eight only the first defendant was a corporate body. From the statement of claim which accompanied the writ of summons, the plaintiffs, now the respondents alleged that the first to fifth respondents were the shareholders of all the shares in the 6th to the 9th plaintiffs companies. They further claimed that the first to the fifth plaintiffs now respondents incorporated the 9th plaintiff which is Spi...