AMPONG vs. FREMPONG

JUDGMENT OF MILL-ODOI, J.S.C. Mills-Odoi J.S.C. delivered the ruling of the court. On 5 April 1965, we ruled that the motion by the defendant-applicant (hereinafter called the applicant) for an order for injunction and for the appointment of a receiver and manager, pending the hearing and determination of the appeal was properly before the court. The following are our reasons: the claim which gave rise to this application was instituted by the plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter called the respondent) at the Effiduase Local Court against the applicant for damages for alleged trespass to his piece or parcel of land at Kumawu in Ashanti. The local court gave judgment for the applicant; on appeal the High Court, Kumasi, reversed this judgment, and from this reversal the applicant has appealed to this court. In order to preserve the subject-matter in dispute, pending the determination of the appeal, the applicant filed a motion in this court, on 8 February 1965, for an order for injunction ...