[2018]DLHC4001July 31, 2018High Court

SMALL SCALE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CO. LTD. vs. JOHN FREEMAN DONKOR AND OTHERS AND ABUSUAPANIN KWAKU MENSAH

Background In this interpleader action, the Claimant herein claims interest in property H/No. Plot 26 Block ‘B’ Asokwa New Amakom Extension, Kumasi (known as Freeman Hotel, Asokwa) which was attached by the Deputy Sheriff attached to this Court by a Writ of Fifa No. is 56/15 in the substantive suit entitled- SMALL SCALE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CO. LTD. VRS. JOHN FREEMAN DONKOR &OTHERS. The Claimant’s Case The basis of the Claimant’s claim as can be gleaned from the Notice of Claim is thatthe disputed property is the family Property of the Claimant’s family. In his Affidavit of Interest, the Claimant set out the root of title of the said property. The Claimant repeated the said root of title per his evidence before the Court during the hearing. According to the Claimant, the disputed house belongs to the family of Opanin Kwame Asuming (deceased). The Claimant stated that he is the head of the said family which is an Aduana family at AbenaseDwenase near Ejisu in the Ashanti re...