DR. WILLIAM BAETA (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. AFREDEC LIMITED & ANOTHER (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) [2000]DLCA7447

DR. WILLIAM BAETA (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. AFREDEC LIMITED & ANOTHER (DEFENDAN... [2000]DLCA7447

Date	2000-04-04
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. 31/2000.
Citation No.	[2000]DLCA7447

ESSILFIE-BONDZIE J.A. (PRESIDING)

TWUMASI J.A.

OWUSU-ANSAH J.A.

MR. AMEGATCHER FOR THE PLAINTIFF/JUDGMENT CREDITOR/RESPONDENT.

MR. DAVID KUDUAZIE FOR CLAIMANT/APPLICANT

[2000]DLCA7447
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DR. WILLIAM
BAETA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
MOTION NO. 31/2000.&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; &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: 4TH APRIL, 2000<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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AMEGATCHER FOR THE PLAINTIFF/JUDGMENT CREDITOR/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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DAVID KUDUAZIE FOR CLAIMANT/APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ESSILFIE-BONDZIE J.A. (PRESIDING),
TWUMASI J.A., OWUSU-ANSAH J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>ESSILFIE-BONDZIE,
J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is an application for stay of the
execution of the Ruling of the High Court delivered on the 15th November, 1999
in which the interpleader summons was dismissed summarily.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In considering application of this
nature the court should bear in mind the balance of hardship. There is also the
equally important principle that the applicant must demonstrate to the court
that the appeal has a chance of success.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;In this case, there is no dispute that on the
21st June, 1994 the plaintiff/judgment creditor obtained judgment against the
defendant/judgment debtor herein for the sum of ¢10,720,031.33. That on the
29th May, 1995 a consent judgment was also entered against the
defendant/judgment debtor in the sum of $12,328.77 and £6,600 respectively with
costs of ¢2,500,000.00. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the 9th May, 1997 the Registrar
attached House Number J.856/5 Mile 11, Nungua, Accra belonging to Mrs. Clocanus
Mensah, Managing Director of the defendant/judgment debtor’s company.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In a subsequent interpleader suit the
claimant, the applicant herein, filed a statement of claim in which he averred
that the property in dispute was sold to him by Mrs. Clocanus Mensah in 1977
with the consent and concurrence of the Nungua Traditional Council for an
amount of ¢195 million. He also pleaded that the property in issue was at all
material times the property of Mrs. Clocanus Mensah, the claimant’s vendor.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;It is evident from the record before us that
the claimant exhibited document marked as Exhibit 2(A) at the court below to
support his claim. In Exhibit 2(A) it was stated that Mrs. Clocanus Mensah
received from the claimant two cheques drawn on the Social Security Bank for a
total value of ¢195 million being the agreed price for subletting the property
with the building for 97 years. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This being an interpleader action in
respect of House Number J.856/5 Mile 11, Nungua, Accra, the law requires that
since before the attachment the claimant/applicant was not in possession the
burden is cast upon him to prove that at the time of the attachment he had
already acquired title to the said property with the house on it. See LEMANU v.
DUALA (YAKUBU) (Claimant) [1962] 1 G.L.R. 60.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>