KWASI OSEI vs. JOSEPH ADEMA AND BEATRICE FOLIVI [2019]DLHC8987

Date	2019-01-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IPS/02/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8987

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)

AUGUSTINE ASARFO-ADJEI FOR PLAINTIFF/JUDGMENT CREDITOR /RESPONDENT

ALEX SAM-BREW FOR THE CLAIMANT

[2019]DLHC8987
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWASI OSEI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOSEPH ADEMA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>BEATRICE FOLIVI<o:p></o:p>(CLAIMANT)<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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22ND JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AUGUSTINE ASARFO-ADJEI FOR
PLAINTIFF/JUDGMENT CREDITOR /RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ALEX
SAM-BREW FOR THE CLAIMANT<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
Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor obtained judgment in this Court to recover various
sums of money from the Defendant one Joseph Adema.<o:p></o:p>In
execution of this Judgment, the Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor attached an
uncompleted house belonging to the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>However
in the course of the execution process, the Claimant herein, Beatrice Folivi
intervened in the execution process by filing an interpleader claim.<o:p></o:p>She
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 Creditor.<o:p></o:p>Issues
were joined on the ownership of the attached house when the Claimant filed his
notice of claim and the Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor disputed the claim.<o:p></o:p>By
the direction of this Court the Claimant proceeded as the Plaintiff and the
Plaintiff/Judgment Creditors as the Defendant.<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>“A
Sheriff’s interpleader would arise where a Sheriff has seized or intended to
seize goods by way of execution and a person (other than the judgment debtor)
had made a claim to the goods taken or intended to be taken on execution.”<o:p></o:p>In
that regard, the proceedings initiated by the Sheriff would determine whether
the property belonged to the Judgment Debtor (and could therefore be seized) or
the Claimant…”<o:p></o:p>See
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