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MAJDOUB & CO. LTD.
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W. BARTHOLOMEW & CO. LTD.

(1962) JELR 69790 (HC)

High Court 21 Feb 1962 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over the attachment of a store belonging to the plaintiffs in execution of a judgment against a dissolved partnership. - The defendants claimed that the store belonged to the dissolved partnership and could be

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Judges:DJABANOR J.
Counsel:J. N. HEWARD-MILLS AND J. PREMPEH FOR THE PLAINTIFFS; H. W. KOFI-SACKEY FOR G. DAVEY FOR THE DEFENDANTS.
Other Citations:[1962] 1 GLR 122

DJABANOR, J.

In fact, in April, 1960, action had been taken in this court by the defendants against the firm Fattal and Majdoub and Company, claiming the sum of £G1,350. Judgment was entered in November, 1960, after the dissolution of Fattal and Majdoub, for this amount with costs. If either the defendants or the plaintiffs had accordingly substituted the plaintiffs for the firm of Fattal and Majdoub there would have been no trouble. But there was trouble, and it arose in this way. When judgment was entered for the defendants against the firm of Fattal and Majdoub the defendants applied for a writ of fi. fa. against that firm in execution of their judgment. According to the deputy sheriff the writ was endorsed for the attachment of:

“All and singular goods, counters and shelves in the store of the execution debtors, Messrs. Fattal and Majdoub in the premises situate and known as Plot No. 604 O.T.B. district of Kumasi.”

It was dated the 3rd December, 1960 and signed by J. J. Peele and Com…

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