ECUMENICAL DEVELOPMENT CO-OP SOCIETY UA vs. WE CARE ORGANIZATION & 2 ORS, ABDULAI HARUNA RASHID

RULING 1. INTRODUCTION [a] This matter commenced some time in 1998, and it is obvious from the record of proceedings that the Plaintiff herein obtained judgment against the Defendants some time in 1999; and the Plaintiff/judgment creditor sought to go into execution against the Defendants/judgment debtors herein. [b] The Plaintiff/judgment creditor’s attempt to go into execution triggered an initial interpleader action and subsequently this present one, and so this Court is enjoined to deal with this second and present interpleader application brought by the same claimant before this Court. 2. FACTS PRECEDING THE PRESENT INTERPLEADER APPLICATION [c] From the proceedings on record, it is obvious that after the Plaintiff/judgment creditor had obtained judgment, he attached a cold store situate at Tema said to belong to the Defendants; and that is the genesis of the entire interpleader proceedings before this Court. It was then that the Claimant herein sought to int.....