THE REPUBLIC vs. YAA KYEIWAA AND OTHER; EX PARTE MAXWELL KOFI KONADU

This ruling is in respect of an application for contempt instituted against the respondents for allegedly disobeying the judgment and orders of the Mamponteng District Court delivered on 11/07/08. The judgment was exhibited, and it showed that the applicant had instituted a suit against the respondents in that court claiming declaration of title, recovery of possession of a building Plot No. A 55, lying at Ntonso, and perpetual injunction. Judgment was entered for the applicant for his reliefs and was awarded costs of GH¢50.00. In the instant application, the applicant asserts that despite the judgment in his favour, which was delivered in the presence of the respondents and later served on them, they have willfully ignored it, and have refused to vacate the land, and have evinced an intention to occupy a portion of it though it has been declared by the Mamponteng District Court to be his. The respondents opposed the motion on the basis that after the judgment in favour of the a....