THOMAS COBBINAH YAW ASIEDU vs. ISAAC KWOFIE [2018]DLCA4916

Date	2018-07-12
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: H1/25/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4916

F. KUSI-APPIAH JA (PRESIDING)

G. TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA

M. M. AGYEMANG (MRS.) JA

MR. DAVID ANAN FOR CLAIMANT/APPELLANT

[2018]DLCA4916
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THOMAS
COBBINAH<o:p></o:p>(CLAIMANT / APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>YAW ASIEDU<o:p></o:p>(JUDGMENT
/ DEBTOR)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ISAAC KWOFIE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF
/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), 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: H1/25/2017&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: 12TH JULY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

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MR.
DAVID ANAN FOR CLAIMANT/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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F.
KUSI-APPIAH JA (PRESIDING), G. TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA, M. M. AGYEMANG (MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AGYEMANG
JA:<o:p></o:p>In this appeal against the judgment of the High
Court, Accra, delivered on the 30th day of May, 2014, the claimant/appellant
(referred to hereafter alternately as the claimant or the appellant), seeks a
setting aside of the judgment entered on favour of the plaintiff/respondent
(referred to as the plaintiff, or the respondent.<o:p></o:p>This judgment arose out of convoluted circumstances
that commenced with a simple transaction for the sale of a Tipper truck by the judgment/debtor
herein, to the plaintiff/respondent sometime in February 2008. The plaintiff/
respondent, a sand and stone contractor, negotiated to buy the Tipper truck for
¢550,000,000 (Five Hundred and Fifty Million Old Cedis). He made part-payment
of ¢380,000,000 (Three Hundred and Eighty Million Old Cedis) to the
judgment/debtor. He also bought new parts to replace parts out of use. He allegedly
rented out the vehicle to the Rubber Estate Company for its use, in
consideration of daily payment of the sum of ¢2000000 (Two million Old Cedis). &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>This transaction for the purchase of the truck went
awry when two months after he took delivery of it, it was taken from him by the
Police. This was in execution of a court order issued in respect of a suit
another purchaser of the vehicle had successfully prosecuted against the
judgment debtor.<o:p></o:p>Thus did the plaintiff commence suit against the
judgment debtor at the court below. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff for
the sums of: ¢10, 550,000; ¢380,000,000; ¢3402; ¢290,000; ¢690,000, with costs
of GH¢3,000.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff served the judgment debtor with an
entry of judgment for the sum of GH¢516,412.00, and went into execution for the
said sum by attaching property described as: Adepa Guest House, No.5 Nsawam
Road, ABC Junction, Accra, allegedly belonging to the judgment debtor.<o:p></o:p>The claimant herein filed a notice of interpleader
alleging the said property to be his, and not the judgment debtor’s. He alleged
that the judgment debtor occupied the said property as his tenant. <o:p></o:p>An affidavit in opposition challenging the matters
contained in the claimant’s affidavit having been filed, the matter was set
down and determined as an interpleader suit, with the claimant as plaintiff and
the judgment creditor as defendant. The plaintiff was allocated the burden of
proof regarding his claim of ownership of the attached property.<o:p></o:p>The parties adduced evidence in respect of their
respective positions. At the end of the hearing, the learned trial judge dismissed
the claim of the claimant, thus entering judgment for the plaintiff execution
creditor who was ordered to proceed with the execution.<o:p></o:p>The learned trial judge made the finding that the
property did not belong to the claimant, and that although he once owned it, he
had sold it to the judgment debtor. He held thus for the following
reasons:&nbsp; that the claimant </main>