SG-GHANA LIMITED vs. MAUMESS FAIRPLAY LTD. & 2 OTHERS [2018]DLHC9187

Date	2018-06-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BFS/173/14
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC9187

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

B.B BAKATTAH ESQ. OF SOKOTO LAW CONSULT ACCRA COUNSEL FOR CLAIMANT

A.K. BANNERMAN-WILLIAMS (JNR) ESQ. OF SACKODAR CHAMBERS ACCRA COUNSEL FOR EXECUTION/CREDITOR

[2018]DLHC9187
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SG-GHANA
LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/J/CREDITOR)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MAUMESS
FAIRPLAY LTD. &amp; 2 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/J/DEBTORS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>B.B BAKATTAH, ESQ., OF SOKOTO LAW
CONSULT, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR CLAIMANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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BANNERMAN-WILLIAMS (JNR), ESQ., OF SACKODAR CHAMBERS, ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR
EXECUTION/CREDITOR<o:p></o:p>

HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On June 15, 2016,
this Court entered judgment in favour of Plaintiff/Judgment/Debtor, referred to
hereinafter as the Execution/Creditor, against the Defendants/Judgment/Debtors
in this suit in respect of its reliefs (i) and (ii) as endorsed on
its Writ of Summons, that is for:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; recovery of the sum of GH¢335,611.44 (Three
Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Eleven Ghana Cedis,
Forty-four Pesewas), and <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;margin-bottom:
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interest
on the said sum of GH¢335,611.44 at the rate of 6% per annum above the prevailing
bank rate on compounded basis against the Defendants,<o:p></o:p>or in the alternative, its relief (iii),
which was for the judicial sale of the 2nd Defendant/Judgment/Debtor’s
property described in the suit as Parcel No. 122, Block 1 Section 030 AR,
located at Accra Central, mortgaged in favour of the Execution/Creditor in
satisfaction of the judgment debt.&nbsp;
Subsequently, on May 3, 2016, this
Court, upon application by the Execution/Creditor amended the Judgment to
indicate the period for which interest was to be computed on the judgment debt.&nbsp; Armed with this Judgment, the
Execution/Creditor proceeded to execute the judgment against the mortgaged
property (the “Property”) which precipitated in the Claimant filing the present
Notice of Claim to claim ownership of the said Property.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It
is noted that in the substantive suit entitled SG-Ghana Ltd v. Maumess Fairplay Ltd and Maurice Messiba, Suit No.
BFS/173/14, the Property in dispute was described as Parcel No. 122,
Block 1 Section 030 AR, located at Accra Central as described in Land Title
Certificate No. GA20675 but by a Notice of Admission of Fact filed by the
Claimant, he admitted for the purposes of this action only, the fact that the “…land described in Land Title Certificate
No. GA20675 is the same Land being claimed by the Claimant in this interpleader
action”, which is described as No. D837/4, Boundary Road, Tudu, Accra.<o:p></o:p>I have carefully considered the evidence of
the record to include the testimony of the Claimant and the Representative of
the Execution/Creditor as corroborated by the supporting documentary evidence
tendered by both parties to this suit.&nbsp; I
have also given great thought to the written addresses of counsel for both
parties setting out the respective claims of their clients.&nbsp; It is my respectful opinion that the issues
that would be dispositive of this action are:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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Whether or not the property belongs to the
Claimant or the 2nd Defendant/Judgment/Debtor?<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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