ALHAJI MAHMUD BRAIMAH & ANOR vs. CHARLES KWASI AND JOHN KWAMENA WELBECK CHARLES NYEDUA WADEWOR AND VICTOR WADEWOR [2019]DLHC8977

ALHAJI MAHMUD BRAIMAH & ANOR vs. CHARLES KWASI AND JOHN KWAMENA WELBECK CHARLE... [2019]DLHC8977

Date	2019-03-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1398/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8977

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)

JOSEPH KAPONDE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

JOSHUA AMIDU KANTON FOR CLAIMANTS

[2019]DLHC8977
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ALHAJI MAHMUD BRAIMAH &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>CHARLES KWASI AND JOHN KWAMENA WELBECK<o:p></o:p>(1ST
DEFENDANT AND 2ND DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>CHARLES NYEDUA WADEWOR AND
VICTOR WADEWOR<o:p></o:p>(CLAIMANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION 7), ACCRA]<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. LD/1398/2016&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
28TH MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JOSEPH KAPONDE FOR THE
PLAINTIFFS <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JOSHUA
AMIDU KANTON FOR CLAIMANTS <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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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Lying at the heart of every litigation
in Court is the enjoyment of the fruits of the judgment delivered in the said
case by the successful party.<o:p></o:p>The case before this Court for
determination is one of such cases.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs/Judgment Creditors
obtained Judgment in this Court to recover the attached house from the
Defendants/Judgment Debtors.<o:p></o:p>In execution of this Judgment, the
Plaintiffs/Judgment Creditors attached the subject house belonging to the
Defendants.<o:p></o:p>However in the course of the execution
process, the Claimants herein, intervened in the execution process by filing an
interpleader claim.<o:p></o:p>They claimed ownership of the attached
subject matter and contended therefore that the attached house cannot be
attached in execution of the Judgment entered in favour of the Judgment
Creditors.<o:p></o:p>Issues were joined on the ownership of
the attached house when the Claimants filed their notice of claim and the
Plaintiffs/Judgment Creditors disputed the claim.<o:p></o:p>By the direction of this Court the
Claimants proceeded as the Plaintiffs and the Plaintiffs/Judgment Creditors as
the Defendants.<o:p></o:p>This notwithstanding, I shall refer to
the parties in this Judgment as Claimant and Respondent respectively.<o:p></o:p>In the case of Salami v Sharami [1973] 2 GLR 364, the Court held as follows:<o:p></o:p>“The most important object of an
interpleader suit was to enable the Deputy Sheriff against whom the claim was
made and who has seized the property and was now in possession thereof to
obtain relief and to get a decision of the Court as regards the person to whom
he had to release the property”<o:p></o:p>Recently in the case of the Republic v High Court, Accra, Ex Parte
Anyam (Platium holdings:&nbsp; Interested
Party) [2009] GLR 225, the Supreme Court per holding one (1) similarly
held:<o:p></o:p>