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H.F.C BANK GHANA LIMITED
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AIRPORT FRIENDS ENTERPRISE, ALHAJI YAHUZA HARUNA AND EMMANUEL DZAH

(2014) JELR 69545 (CA)

Court of Appeal 29 Jul 2014 Ghana
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- The case is an appeal against a ruling by the High Court in Tamale, which dismissed the Defendants' application to set aside a default judgment in favor of the Plaintiff and for leave to file a statement of defense and counterclaim out of

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/3/2014
Judges:D. ADJEI JA (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA, ACKAH-YENSU JA
Counsel:MOHAMMED AWAL ALHASSAN FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS,SULLEY SAMBIEN FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

BARBARA ACKAH-YENSU, JA

This is an appeal against the Ruling of the High Court sitting in Tamale dated 25th June, 2013. The trial Court dismissed the Defendants/Appellants’ (hereinafter simply referred to as “Defendants”) application to set aside a default judgment entered in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent (also to be referred to as “Plaintiff”) and for leave to file statement of defence and counterclaim out of time. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with this Ruling, the Defendants have appealed on the following grounds:

1. That the Ruling is against the weight of evidence before the court.

2. That the 2nd and 3rd Defendants were improperly and unnecessarily, made parties to the suit.

3. Further grounds of appeal would be filed upon receipt of copy of the Ruling.

Defendants did not file any further grounds and so this information becomes redundant. We have described it as information because that is all it is; it does not qualify as a ground. A ground of appeal should be one which may …

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