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AFARI
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AMOAKO

(1975) JELR 86833 (HC)

High Court 14 Mar 1975 Ghana
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Judges:MENSA BOISON J.
Counsel:Agyepong for the plaintiff. Asumadu Sakyi for the defendant.
Location:Kumasi
Other Citations:[1975] 1 GLR 301-304

JUDGEMENT OF MENSA BOISON J.

This is an application at the instance of the plaintiff judgment creditor (hereafter referred to as the plaintiff) for leave to issue a writ of attachment against the defendant judgment debtor (hereafter referred to as the defendant) for contempt in disobedience to an order of the court to render accounts of proceeds of certain farms to the plaintiff.

The order arises as a result of a judgment of the Kumasi High Court dated 4 March 1963, in an action instituted by the plaintiff on 5 May 1962, whereby the plaintiff claimed against the defendant for a declaration that certain properties were family property, an order of possession and an order for accounts of the proceeds of certain cocoa farms forming part of the aforesaid properties. By its judgment, the trial court made orders for possession of the named properties and in particular for accounts in favour of the plaintiff. On 1 February 1966 the defendant's appeal to the Supreme Court (now Court of Appeal) …

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