MERLIN SHIPPING AGENTS vs . AKWASI AGYEMANG & ANOTHER [2019]DLHC6845

Date	2019-02-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO. INTS 12/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6845

DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE J

ALFRED ANNIM QUARSHIE FOR THE CLAIMANTS

STEPHEN OPPONG FOR THE JUDGMENT CREDITOR

[2019]DLHC6845
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MERLIN SHIPPING AGENTS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs .<o:p></o:p>AKWASI AGYEMANG &amp;
ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ CLAIMANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO.&nbsp; INTS 12/2017&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 5TH FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ALFRED ANNIM QUARSHIE FOR
THE CLAIMANTS <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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STEPHEN
OPPONG FOR THE JUDGMENT CREDITOR <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE ,
J<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>It
is provided under Order 44 rule 12 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules,
2004, C.I. 47 as follows:<o:p></o:p>‘‘(1) A person who makes a claim to or
in respect of a property taken or intended to be taken in execution under
process of the court, or to proceeds or value of any such property, shall give
notice of the claim to the Registrar and shall include in the notice a
statement of that person's address for service.<o:p></o:p>(2) On receipt of a claim made under
sub rule (1), the Registrar shall forthwith give notice of it to the execution
creditor who shall within four days after receiving the notice, give notice to
the Registrar informing the Registrar whether the execution creditor admits or
disputes the claim.’’<o:p></o:p>It
is further provided under Order 44 rule 13 (1) of C.I. 47 that: <o:p></o:p>‘‘(1) Where on the hearing of
proceedings pursuant to an order made 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>(a) summarily determine the question
in issue between &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the claimants
and execution creditor and make an order accordingly on such terms as may be
just: or<o:p></o:p>(b) order that any issue 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>In
this interpleader suit, the claimants are contending that property, Plot Number
10 Block F, Pankrono Patasi has been attached in execution of a judgment
procured against the defendant/judgment debtor herein by the plaintiff/judgment
creditor herein. According to the 2nd claimant (who testified on her
own behalf and on behalf of the 1st claimant) she acquired the plot
of land, Plot Number 10 Block F, Pankrono Patasi in 1995 and completed the
building on the said plot in 2002. She stated that she subsequently gifted the
property to her daughter, the 1st claimant when the latter attained
the age of 18 years. The claimants called one Thomas Obeng as a witness in a
bid to corroborate the fact that Plot Number 10 Block F, Pankrono Patasi was
acquired and developed by the 2nd claimant and that the
defendant/judgment debtor who happens to be the husband of the former has no
interest in it.<o:p></o:p>The
claimants insist that property, Plot Number 10 Block F, Pankrono Patasi belongs
to them and the said property is the subject of the execution. This is what
transpired at page 15 of the record of proceeding during cross examination of
the 2nd claimant:<o:p></o:p>Q.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The property that was attached in
execution of this judgment debt is located at Atimatim new site?<o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That is not correct.&nbsp; The reason being that the land is situate at &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pankrono Patasi and not Atimatim<o:p></o:p>Q.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From Kumasi you get to Tafo to Pankrono
and then to Atimatim&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Junction.&nbsp; Is that not correct?<o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I am going home I branch at
Pankrono Methodist church and proceed to Pankrono Patasi where I&nbsp; live.<o:p></o:p>Q.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That means that the property that was
attached is different from the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; property
that you claiming to be yours.&nbsp; This is
because the property &nbsp; that was attached
is located at Atimatim New Site?<o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That is not correct. They attached my
property but they used a wrong address.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>Q.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The property that was attached you have
to get to Atimatim Junction &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; before
branching off?<o:p></o:p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That is not correct <o:p></o:p>