THE REPUBLIC vs. ALFRED NII LANTE ADDY EX-PARTE: AUGUSTINA NAA DEI NEEQUAYE AND 2 OTHERS

APALOO, JA In a ruling dated 22nd March, 2005 the High Court Accra presided over by His Lordship Kofi Akwaa J held as follows: "It is clear that the Plaintiffs herein not being parties in that suit are not entitled to derive any benefit from the judgment in this said suit. It follows that any order made under this judgment in favour of the applicants is null and void ..... Application is therefore refused and Respondent discharged." The Respondent was before the High Court on an application for contempt for disobeying the orders of the High Court pursuant to a judgment obtained by the appellant's father Jonas Kotei Neequaye against the Respondent's father Francis Addy and his mother Madam Aku Allotey in respect of a piece of land at Abossey Okai in Accra. The suit was titled Jonas Kotei Neequaye Vrs. Francis Addy (substituted by Washington Addy) and Madam Aku Allotey as Co-defendant. It was numbered as L. 94/64 and on 22ND December 1993, Emelia Aryee J delivered judgment in favou...