AKORNOR vs. MAMA AND ANOTHER [1960]DLHC5347

Date	1960-06-13
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1960]DLHC5347

OLLENNU J

DOE FOR PURCHASER AND JUDGMENT CREDITOR (APPELLANTS).

BENJAMIN FOR JUDGMENT DEBTOR (RESPONDENT).

[1960]DLHC5347
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#548DD4">AKORNOR <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#548DD4">vs. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#548DD4">MAMA AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#548DD4">&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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DOE
FOR PURCHASER AND JUDGMENT CREDITOR (APPELLANTS).<o:p></o:p>

BENJAMIN
FOR JUDGMENT DEBTOR (RESPONDENT).<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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OLLENNU, J<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF
OLLENNU J.<o:p></o:p>In execution of a decree he obtained in the District Magistrate’s
Court, Accra, against the defendant Alhaji Mama, the plaintiff Tei Akornor, had
House No. 909/26, Accra attached by the deputy sheriff, Accra and sold on the
19th day of October, 1959 at public auction conducted by a licensed auctioneer.
One Alhaji Habiba, wife of the judgment-debtor applied to the court on behalf
of her husband, then in prison, to set aside the sale on the grounds that there
had been certain material irregularities in the said sale. The irregularities
she alleged are:- <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(1) The sale took place before the hour scheduled for it; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(2) The deputy sheriff entrusted the sale to an auctioneer other
than the one nominated by the execution creditor for the work; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(3) The auction bell was rung only on the premises to be sold and
nowhere else; and <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(4) The price at which the property was knocked down was grossly
under value.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The execution creditor swore to an affidavit supporting the motion
to set aside the sale; in it, he alleged that he was present at the sale, and
that the auctioneer who conducted the sale was not the one whose name he
submitted to the deputy sheriff as the auctioneer to be entrusted with the
sale.<o:p></o:p>No oral or documentary evidence was tendered; the motion was
argued solely upon the affidavits filed by the parties. The learned district
magistrate granted the application and set aside the sale; the full text of his
judgment is as follows:—<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“Having read the motion papers and counter affidavits, I am satisfied
that the conduct of the sale has been irregular. Stay of execution granted for
two weeks.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Counsel for the respondent objected to the jurisdiction of this
court to entertain the appeal contending that the decision appealed from is
interlocutory, and no appeal lies therefrom except by special leave of the
magistrate as provided by section 40 (2) of the Courts Ordinance, Cap. 4.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I overruled the preliminary objection because in my opinion the
submission that the judgment appealed from is an interlocutory decision is a
misconception. The application to set aside the sale was made under Order 45,
rule 31, Schedule 2 of the Courts Ordinance, Cap. 4. Tha</main>