GEORGE AMUAH (SUING UNDER THE BUSINESS NAME AND STYLE OF ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL) (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. MR. J. M. AFRIYIE & 10 OTHERS (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT) [2012]DLCA7894

GEORGE AMUAH (SUING UNDER THE BUSINESS NAME AND STYLE OF ASSOCIATION INTERNATION... [2012]DLCA7894

Date	2012-04-20
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/62/2011
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA7894

MARFUL-SAU J.A. (PRESIDING)

AYEBI J.A.

HONYENUGA J.A.

MR. F. K. YEBOAH WITH GABRIEL AMOAH FOR DEFT/RESPONDENTS

MR. TEI AZU FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

[2012]DLCA7894
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GEORGE AMUAH<o:p></o:p>(SUING UNDER
THE BUSINESS NAME AND STYLE OF ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MR. J. M.
AFRIYIE &amp; 10 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<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
APPEAL NO.&nbsp; HI/62/2011&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: 20TH APRIL, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
F. K. YEBOAH WITH GABRIEL AMOAH FOR DEFT/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
TEI AZU FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MARFUL-SAU
J.A. (PRESIDING), AYEBI J.A., HONYENUGA J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>HONYENUGA,
J.A.<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal by the plaintiff/appellant hereinafter referred to as the
appellant against the decision of the High Court, Accra dated the 23rd
day of April 2010.&nbsp; The said decision
dismissed the appellant’s claim together with the counterclaim of the
defendant/respondent but ordered the appellant to handover to the respondents
any P.T.A. monies collected by him.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
facts of this appeal are that the appellant set up the Association
International School from his own resources and was running the school until
around 1981 when the Government of Ghana confiscated the school and placed it
under the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES).&nbsp; However, in December 2008, the Ex-President
of the Republic of Ghana deconfiscated the said school. Thereafter, a Deed of
Transfer dated the 5th day of January, 2009 was executed in favour
of the appellant.&nbsp; On the 14th
day of September 2009, the school was formally handed over to the appellant and
has since been under his management.&nbsp; The
appellant called upon the respondents especially the 11th respondent
to release the Parent Teacher Association (P.T.A.) funds to enable him run the
school but to no avail.&nbsp; The appellant
who believed that these funds belonged to the school and after persistent
failure to release the said funds to him, caused the instant Writ of Summons to
be issued against the respondents claiming as follows:-<o:p></o:p>“(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that Association
International School’s PTA’s accounts at SCB Opeibea House Branch and at any
other bank in Ghana belongs to Association International School and can only be
used for the benefit of the school.<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order against the defendants to
release all the money in Association International School PTA bank accounts at
SCB, Opeibea House branch and any other bank to the plaintiff to be used for
the benefit of Association International School”.<o:p></o:p>The
Writ of Summons was accompanied by a twenty-three paragraph Statement of
claim.&nbsp; The respondents entered
appearance thereto and filed a Statement of Defence and Counterclaimed as
follows:-<o:p></o:p>“1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The payment of present day value of the
extra assets provided by members of 11th defendant valued in 2002 as
GH¢292,235.00.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Account and return all monies from the
members of 11th defendant collected by the teachers of the school
appropriated by the plaintiff”.<o:p></o:p>An
application for directions was filed and the following were the issues:-<o:p></o:p>“(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not the Parent Teacher
Association (PTA) of Association International School is distinct from
Association International School.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not the PTA levy collected by
the school which is in the PTA accounts is for the benefit of the school or for
any other purpose.<o:p></o:p>