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GHANA RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION
V.
ANSAH

(1973) JELR 64237 (HC)

High Court 8 Aug 1973 Ghana
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- The defendants, a statutory corporation, applied for a stay of execution under Order 42, r. 16(1)(b) of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), following a judgment against them for ¢27,740.00 plus costs. - The

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Judges:EDUSEI J.
Counsel:I. G. CARSON FOR THE APPLICANTS; C. M. CANN FOR THE RESPONDENTS.
Other Citations:[1974] 1 GLR 47

EDUSEI J.

This is an application for a stay of execution by the defendants as judgment debtors. The application is brought under Order 42, r. 16 (1) (b) of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), and it is supported by an affidavit; and it does seem to me that the most important averments prayed in aid of the motion are contained in paragraphs (9), (10) and (11) of the supporting affidavit. Before I proceed to consider these averments I think it is necessary to give a short history of this case. On 10 July 1972, judgment was given against the defendants by this court for the sum of ¢27,740.00 with costs of ¢600.00. The defendants appealed, and on 28 May 1973, the appeal was dismissed for non-appearance of the defendants. The plaintiff, as judgment creditor, by his solicitor applied on 21 June 1973, to the Attorney-General for his fiat to enable him to go into execution as provided in section 6A (1) of the Statutory Corporations Act, 1964 (Act 232), as inser…

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