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SALAMA
V.
SHARANI

(1973) JELR 69801 (HC)

High Court 26 Jul 1973 Ghana
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- Held: The property in dispute was found to be the self-acquired property of the judgment debtor, Alhaji Zambo; claimant-plaintiff failed to prove any family ownership or contribution. - Key legal principle: In interpleader proceedings, th

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Judges:ABBAN J.
Counsel:R. I. QUANSAH FOR THE CLAIMANT; S. K. TETTEH FOR THE JUDGMENT CREDITOR.
Other Citations:[1973] 2 GLR 364

ABBAN J.

In this interpleader suit, the claimant-plaintiff is contending that the house on plot No. 9, block 18, Aboabo No. 2, Kumasi, is the family property of the claimant-plaintiff, and cannot therefore be attached and sold in execution of the judgment debt of one Alhaji Zambo.

This Alhaji Zambo is a brother to the claimant-plaintiff. Judgment was given against him by this court and in execution of that judgment the house in dispute was attached. The claimant-plaintiff put in an interpleader, claiming as already stated, that the house is not the self-acquired property of the said Alhaji Zambo. In his evidence the claimant-plaintiff said apart from the judgment debtor, he has another brother called, Alhaji Salasu and three sisters-Manya, Hassana and Ajara. He alleged that their father originally owned a house at old Zongo, Kumasi. That house was pulled down by the Municipal Council, Kumasi, when the present Kumasi central market was about to be constructed. The claimant-plaintiff, hi…

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