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VANDERPUYE
V.
NARTEY

(1977) JELR 66879 (CA)

Court of Appeal 28 Dec 1977 Ghana
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- The appellant, Dr. Nee Attoh Vanderpuye, appealed against a decision by Edusei J. to dismiss a motion for interim protection of property and payment of money. - The court allowed the appeal and appointed the Registrar-General as receiver

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Judges:AMISSAH JA,KINGSLEY-NYINAH JA,HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J.A.
Counsel:W.A. N. ADUMUA-BOSSMAN FOR THE APPELLANT; NO APPEARANCE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT.

AMISSAH J.A.: In July this year we allowed the appeal of Dr. Nee Attoh Vanderpuye, the appellant, against a decision of Edusei J. dismissing a motion brought by the appellant. The motion was for an order for the interim protection of property pending the final determination of the case between the parties, and the payment of moneys absolutely to the appellant. Our order upon allowing the appeal was that the Registrar-General or his representative be appointed as receiver to protect the property in the case pending its determination. We made no order in respect of the payments of the moneys. The grounds for the learned High Court judge’s dismissal of the motion were that another application similar to the present in all material particulars had been before Griffiths-Randolph J. earlier and had been dismissed. If the applicant was aggrieved by that ruling his proper course, according to Edusei J., was either to appeal against it or in an appropriate instance to ask for a review. Failin…

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