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AHENFIE CLOTH SELLERS ASSOCIATION
V.
PHILOMENA MENSAH, TINA MAVIS DODD, DAVID AFRIYIE AND BEN MENSAH

(2010) JELR 68496 (SC)

Supreme Court 21 Jul 2010 Ghana
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- The Supreme Court held that the plaintiff association’s core business was money lending and, lacking a moneylender’s license, was bound by the Money Lenders Ordinance, Cap 176 and Loans Recovery Ordinance, Cap 175. - The court found the 5

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/7/2010
Judges:BROBBEY JSC (PRESIDING), ANSAH JSC, OWUSU (MS) JSC, YEBOAH JSC, ARYEETEY JSC
Counsel:GEORGE ABORGAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS; F. K. YEBOAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.

JUDGMENT

BROBBEY JSC

This is the unanimous decision of the court. In this judgment, the appellants shall be referred to as the defendants while the respondent will be referred to as the plaintiff or the plaintiff association. The bare facts which gave rise to this litigation were as follows: The plaintiff is an association of which the PW1 is the president. According to the PW1, the association was formed with the aim of sourcing loans for its members because the members found it difficult to source loans for their businesses if they sourced the loan as individuals. The association was registered as a company limited by guarantee. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants denied that they were members of the Association but the plaintiff produced evidence to prove that they were members.

The association obtained a loan of three billion old Cedis from the Ghana Commercial Bank for use by its members. The first defendant applied for and was given three hundred million old Cedis as a loan which was g…

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