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KUMI

(1970) JELR 63931 (HC)

High Court 31 Jul 1970 Ghana
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- This case involves an application for an order attaching the plaintiff-respondent and the deputy sheriff for contempt. - The plaintiff sued the defendant and obtained a judgment for ejectment against the defendant. - The defendant lodged

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Judges:QUASHIE-SAM J.
Counsel:N. A. THAM FOR THE PLAINTIFF; B. OKYERE-DARKOH FOR THE DEFENDANT
Other Citations:[1971] 1 GLR 25

QUASHIE-SAM J.

This is an application for an order attaching the plaintiff-respondent and the deputy sheriff, District Court Grade I, Koforidua, for contempt.

The short statement of the facts in support of the application is that the plaintiff-respondent (whom I will refer to simply as the plaintiff for the purposes of this judgment) sued the defendant-appellant, the applicant in these proceedings, (whom I will refer to as the defendant in this judgment) in the District Court Grade I, Koforidua, and obtained judgment for ejectment against the defendant on 16 April 1970. The judgment ordered the defendant to vacate the premises by 30 April 1970. The defendant on the following day, 17 April 1970, lodged an appeal against the ejectment order while the appeal was pending, the plaintiff wrote applying for and obtained a writ of possession from the said district court which was executed on 1 May 1970 and the plaintiff was put into possession of the premises from which the defendant was eject…

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