BRITISH WEST AFRICAN INSURANCE SERVICES LTD vs. ABDILMASIH [1960]DLCA10220

Date	1960-04-25
Suit No.	G L R 107 – 110
Citation No.	[1960]DLCA10220

KORSAH C.J.

VAN LARE J.A

GRANVILLE SHARP J.A.

HEWARD MILLS FOR APPELLANTS.

AKUFO-ADDO FOR RESPONDENT.

[1960]DLCA10220
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BRITISH WEST
AFRICAN INSURANCE SERVICES LTD<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ABDILMASIH<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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R 107 – 110&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:&nbsp; 25TH APRIL, 1960<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>HEWARD MILLS FOR APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

AKUFO-ADDO FOR
RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;VAN
LARE, J.A.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Van Lare, J.A. delivered the judgment of the
court: The British West African Insurance Services Ltd., the appellants, sued
one Joseph Jacob Abdilmasih personally for damages for trespass. The alleged
trespass arose out of an execution under a writ of fi. fa. for the recovery of
a judgment debt in an action in which Joseph Jacob Abdilmasih, trading as J.J.
Abdilmasih &amp; Sons, succeeded in a claim under an insurance policy for an
amount which together with costs was £8,154 12s. 5d. against the Gresham Fire
&amp; Accident Insurance Society Ltd., by its agents British West African
Insurance Services Ltd. The latter company are the sole agents in Ghana for the
Gresham Fire &amp; Accident Insurance Society Ltd., a company registered in the
United Kingdom and by virtue of a power of attorney in fact, stand in the shoes
of the last mentioned company for all purposes in West Africa. The relevant
provision of this power of attorney is as follows:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;"To appear and represent the Society in any Court or
Courts of Law or Equity in the said Territories aforesaid and there to sue or
be sued and to answer defend and reply to all matters and causes touching and concerning
the premises or any action or actions, suit or suits, matter or thing that may
be sued or prosecuted by or against the Society touching or concerning the
premises AND, for that purpose or any other purpose, to accept on behalf of the
society service of process and any notices required to be served on the Society
AND to submit on behalf of the Society to the laws and customs of the said
Territories aforesaid AND ALSO to do, say, pursue implead, seize, sequester,
arrest, attach and imprison and out of prison again to deliver."<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It may be not immaterial at this point to
state that the execution to which we have referred was called off when the
judgment debt and costs were paid by the personal cheque of one F.W. Barton,
who is the Managing Director of the British West African Insurance Services
Ltd. The execution by the deputy sheriff or his officers was in pursuance of a
letter of request dated the 11th July 1958, the contents of which we quote:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;"Kwakwaduam Chambers,"<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;P.O. Box 207,<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Accra, Ghana.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;11th July, 1958.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Deputy Sheriff,<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Supreme Court,<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Accra.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;RE WRIT OF FI: FA.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;J. J. ABDILMASIH, etc.,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Plaintiff-J-Creditor<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;versus<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;THE GRESHAM FIRE &amp; ACCIDENT INSURANCE,
ETC.,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Defendant-J-</main>