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MRS. ISABELLA AND OR
V.
REDCO

(2018) JELR 107861 (HC)

High Court 3 Dec 2018 Ghana
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- The case involves an interpleader proceeding to determine whether a block of flats occupied by the Ghana Police Service belongs to Redco Limited, the defendant/judgment debtor. - The Execution Creditors obtained a judgment against Redco L

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. 2023/88
Judges:GEORGE K. KOOMSON
Counsel:HON. GODFRED YEBOAH-DAME (DEPUTY A-G) WITH JAMILA ZAKARIA (SSA) AND KHADIJA ZAKARIA (ASA) FOR CLAIMANTS MR. V. K. M. ABABIO FOR EXECUTION-CREDITORS

J U D G M E N T 

The issue which I have been called upon to determine in this Interpleader proceedings is  as to whether the block of flats occupied by the Ghana Police Service, the 1st Claimant herein is the bona fide property of Redco Limited, the Defendant/Judgment/Debtor, for  which the Execution Creditor can lawfully attach in satisfaction of the Judgment debt of  Redco Limited. 

A summary of the facts giving rise to the instant action is that the Execution-Creditors took  out a Writ of Summons against Redco Limited in 1988 and obtained Judgment on the 23rd February, 1993. As a means of enforcing the Judgment, the Execution-Creditors attached  certain properties by a Writ of fi fa. Among the list of properties attached are two blocks  of flats occupied by personnel of Ghana Police Service. The Ghana Police Service filed a  Notice of Claim in respect of these two blocks of flats, culminating in the instant  proceedings.

The case of the Claimants is that in or about 2010, the Ghana…

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