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ALHAJI HARUNA & ANOTHER
V.
ASHAMI TETTEH

(2015) JELR 107484 (HC)

High Court 20 Dec 2015 Ghana
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- The Defendant/Applicant seeks an order for the committal of the 1st Plaintiff/Respondent for contempt of Court. - The Respondent had filed a lawsuit against the Applicant for various reliefs, including a declaration of title to the disput

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Suit Number:SUIT NO: FAL 119/15
Judges:HAFISATA AMALEBOBA (MRS)
Counsel:MR. LESTER OHEMENG, MS. MELISSA AMARTEIFIO, MS VELDA A. ATTUAH, LED BY MR. ERIC MENSAH FOR THE APPLICANT, HOLDING THE BREIF OF NENE AMEGATCHER. MR. NATHANIEL MYERS FOR THE RESPONDENT (WITH MS. IRENE MARIA QUARSHIE).

 JUDGMENT: 

By a Motion on Notice, brought under Order 50 r 1 of the High Court Civil  Procedure Rules, 2004 (CI 47), the Defendant/Applicant (hereinafter referred  to as the Applicant, seeks an order for the committal of the 1st Plaintiff/Respondent (hereinafter referred to as the Respondent) for  contempt of Court. The motion was supported by an affidavit and  supplementary affidavit. 

The circumstances preceding this application are that the Respondent  commenced an action against the Applicant for the reliefs endorsed on the  writ of summons, namely; Declaration of Title to the land in dispute, an  order of perpetual injunction against the Applicant, damages for trespass,  costs and any other reliefs the Court may deem it just to grant. The Respondent also filed an application for an order of interlocutory injunction  against the Applicant to restrain her acting by herself, or her workmen,  assigns among others from carrying out or continuing construction works  on the land pendin…

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