ELECTROLAND GHANA LTD vs. PAULINA ADOMAKO& ANOTHER [2018]DLHC6898

Date	2018-11-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ 1420/17
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC6898

ERIC K. BAFFOUR ESQ. J

[2018]DLHC6898
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ELECTROLAND GHANA LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/JUDGMENT
CREDITOR)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PAULINA ADOMAKO&amp; ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/JUDGMENT DEBTOR)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO. GJ
1420/17&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: 19TH &nbsp;&nbsp;NOVEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Plaintiff/Judgment
Creditor/Defendant (hereinafter called obtained called Execution
Creditor/Defendant for the purposes of this interpleader suit) obtained
judgment against Defendant/Judgment Debtor (hereinafter called the Judgment
Debtor) on the 20th of December, 2017 for the recovery of an amount
of <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Ghc1,004,747.00 as
monies owed by the Judgment Debtor for the supply of products to Judgment
Debtor together with interest and cost. In its quest to execute the judgment
and recover the monies, property H/No 04800375-10, NNK 04 Jamorky, Opposite
Zion Prayer Centre, Ashaley Botwe Accra was attached. It is the attachment of
this property that has precipitated the filing of notice of claim by Kingley Adomako,
the Claimant/Plaintiff (hereinafter called the Claimant/Plaintiff).<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">When called upon by the court to file an
affidavit of interest, the Plaintiff filed one and deposed among others, that
the property attached is his bona fide property, in his sole name even though
he admit that the Judgment Debtor is his wife. That he acquired the property
long before the Judgment Debtor registered her business in July, 2009 under the
business name and style Bigma Enterprise and that she is not part of his wife’s
business and neither was he part of the suit that resulted in the judgment
against the Judgment Debtor and hence claim that his house cannot be used to
defray the debt simply because he is the husband of the Judgment Debtor.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">When the matter came before the court for a
determination in accordance with Order 44 Rule 13 of the High Court (Civil
Procedure) Rules, C. I. 47 which states as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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under rule 12(4) all the persons by whom adverse claims to the property in
dispute, in this rule referred to as "the claimants" appear, the
Court may <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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the question in issue between the claimants and execution creditor and make an
order accordingly on such terms as may be just; or <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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between the claimants and the execution creditor be stated and tried and may
direct which of them is to be plaintiff and which defendant”. <o:p></o:p>Judging from the nature of the
Affidavit of Interest deposed to by the Claimant/Plaintiff the court in
exercise of its functions for the determination of the dispute in a summary
manner took viva voce evidence from the Claimant/Plaintiff and ordered the
lawyers to file written submissions and address the court in respect of the
following questions:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Whether or not the
 Judgment Debtor has any interest in the property attached as a wife of the
 husband.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="2" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-heigh</main>