SULEMANA ALIDU vs. BABA ALHASSAN SALIFU, ADAMS MOHAMMED [2015]DLHC17214

Date	2015-10-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BC 316/2010
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC17214

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

STEPHEN OBENG DARKO

ALI GOMDA ABDUL SAMAD

BERNARD AGORTEY

[2015]DLHC17214
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SULEMANA ALIDU<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF/JUDGMENT/CREDITOR)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

(DEFENDANT/JUDGMENT DEBTOR/CLAIMANT)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. BC 316/2010&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: 15TH OCTOBER,
2015<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

STEPHEN
OBENG DARKO FOR PLAINTIFF JUDGMENT CREDITOR<o:p></o:p>

ALI GOMDA ABDUL SAMAD (WITH HIM BERNARD
AGORTEY) FOR CLAIMANT<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE
BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p>

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

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In the suit that led to the instant interpleader
proceeding, the plaintiff, Sulemana
Alidu, sued the defendant, Baba Alhassan Salifu,
for the recovery
of an amount of twenty one thousand USD dollars or its equivalent in cedis and interest thereon
at the prevailing bank rate. In the accompanying statement of claim, the
plaintiff, who stated that he was ordinarily resident in Norway, alleged that
the defendant had induced him to invest
in his business of supplying
foodstuffs to schools
under the pretext that it was profitable. After he had transferred an
amount of 21,000 USD into the defendant’s account,
he discovered to his dismay
that the defendant had squandered it on “worldly
pleasures.” The defendant filed an entry of appearance but failed to file a
statement of defence within the stipulated period of eight days under
the High Court
Civil Procedure Rules 2004 C.I 47. As a result, Counsel for the plaintiff filed
for and was granted judgment in default of defence against the defendant.<o:p></o:p>

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