OMAN GHANA TRUST HOLDINGS LTD. vs. ACQUAH

JUDGMENT OF APALOO C.J. On 27 November 1984 we allowed an appeal from the judgment of the High Court which denied the respondent’s claim for recovery of possession of house No 45, MacCarthy Hill. We considered that the respondent was entitled to possession and we felt the hardship and inconvenience he suffered by being kept out of possession for five years, was so grave that we declared him entitled to repossession of the premises on the day we pronounced judgment. He did not, in fact, regain possession on that day. He did so two days later that is on 29 November. He was apparently able to do so without the aid of the sheriff. As at yesterday when we heard this motion, he was still in possession. The applicants invite us to stay execution and grant them extension of time. In the context of this case, the extension can only mean reversing ourselves on our order for immediate possession and throwing the respondent out of his own premises. On any view of this matter, that .....