JOHNSON ANGMOR TETTEH (DECEASED) SUBSTITUTED BY WEKUMATSE TETTEH (DEF/APPELLANT) vs. PASTOR HAYFORD LARSON [2013]DLCA8095

JOHNSON ANGMOR TETTEH (DECEASED) SUBSTITUTED BY WEKUMATSE TETTEH (DEF/APPELLANT)... [2013]DLCA8095

Date	2013-04-18
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/138/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA8095

I. DUOSE (JUSTICE OF APPEAL)

E. K. AYEBI (JUSTICE OF APPEAL)

M. A. DORDZIE (JUSTICE OF APPEAL)

MR. RAPHAEL B. K. ABOAGYE FOR DEFT/APPELLANT

MR. NTOW FIANKO FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2013]DLCA8095
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOHNSON ANGMOR
TETTEH (DECEASED) SUBSTITUTED BY WEKUMATSE TETTEH<o:p></o:p>(DEF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>PASTOR HAYFORD
LARSON<o:p></o:p>(PLFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></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.: H1/138/2012&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: 18TH
APRIL, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL.<o:p></o:p>MR.
RAPHAEL B. K. ABOAGYE FOR DEFT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
NTOW FIANKO FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<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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I.
DUOSE (JUSTICE OF APPEAL), E. K. AYEBI (JUSTICE OF APPEAL), M. A. DORDZIE
(JUSTICE OF APPEAL)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>This appeal is against the ruling of an Accra High
Court dated 30th November, 2011.&nbsp;
In the said ruling the trial judge granted the application of the
plaintiff/respondent to substitute the Wekumatse Tetteh Okudum for the deceased
defendant Johnson Angmor Tetteh.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The background to that application for substitution
is that the plaintiff/respondent obtained a judgment on 22nd June
2007 against the deceased defendant Johnson Angmor Tetteh for the sum of
¢132,998.048 (GH¢13,290.80).&nbsp; In his bid
to execute the judgment, plaintiff/respondent served an entry of judgment
followed by a writ of fi:fa on the deceased defendant.&nbsp; Some movable properties of the deceased
attached and auctioned only fetched GH¢1,668.42.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiff/respondent identified a house at Tema
as the property of the defendant.&nbsp; But
before the plaintiff/respondent could proceed to attach the house, the
defendant died on 7th May 2010.&nbsp;
It is the case of the plaintiff/respondent that the action survives the
defendant/judgment debtor.&nbsp; So it is provided
in rule 6(1) of Order 4 of C.I. 47 that where a party dies but the cause of
action survives, the action shall not abate by reason of death of that
party.&nbsp; And according to s.23 of the
Civil Liability Act 1963 (Act 176), a cause subsisting against a person shall
on his death survive against the estate of the deceased.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is for this right the plaintiff/respondent has
against the estate of the deceased that he sought to substitute the
defendant/appellant herein for the deceased defendant/judgment/debtor.&nbsp; According to plaintiff/respondent, the
application was brought under Order 4, rule 7(2).&nbsp; Although the defendant/appellant resisted the
application, the trial judge granted it.&nbsp;
In this appeal, the defendant/appellant prayed this court to reverse the
said order of substitution and discharge him on the following grounds:-<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
ruling is against the weight of the submission made before the court.<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;