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REPUBLIC V. AUTOMATED FAST TRACK HIGH COURT; EX PARTE STATE HOUSING CO LTD

(2009) JELR 82653 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  26 Feb 2009  •  Ghana

Coram
ATUGUBA, AKKUFFO, ANSAH. ADINYIRA AND BAFFOE-BONNE JJSC

Appearances
John Aidoo for the defendant-applicant-judgment-debtor. Aurelius Awuku for the interested parties.

Judgement
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Atuguba JSC delivered the unanimous ruling of the court</strong>.: The applicant was a defendant to a civil action by the interested party which was tried by Gyaesayor J (as he then was). The interested party who won the action applied for and obtained a garnishee order against the Agricultural Development Bank in respect of the applicant’s accounts thereat. The applicant now moves this court for the following reliefs: </p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">&quot;(1) an order of certiorari directed at the Automated/fast Track High Court (No 3), Accra presided over by Gyaesayor J to bring up to this court for the purpose of quashing, garnishee proceedings of the trial court dated 24 April 2008 attaching the applicant&#x27;s accounts with the Agricultural Development Bank- Cedi House Branch, Accra and a subsequent order dated 20 June, 2008 for the bank to pay the interested party an amount of GH¢50,000, pursuant to an earlier judgment dated 8 November 2007</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) An order staying execution of the said judgment.&quot;</p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">and it states that the grounds for t…</p>

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