[2012]DLCA8664July 19, 2012Court of Appeal

THE REPUBLIC (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. JOHN KWEKU AACHT AND AGNES AMA AACHT EX PARTE: CAL BANK LIMITED

HONYENUGA, J.A. This is an appeal by the respondents/appellants against the decision of the High Court, Sekondi dated the 6th day of February, 2012. The said Court convicted the respondents/appellants of contempt, ordered them to pay the outstanding sum owed to the applicant/respondent and later cautioned and discharged them. The facts of this appeal are that the applicant/respondent whom I shall refer to as the respondent as in this judgment, are the Judgment Creditors while the 1st respondent/appellant and Jachfam Enterprises Ltd. are the Judgment Debtors before the High Court, Sekondi in Suit No. E2/22/99. The 2nd respondent/appellant is a Director of Jachfam Enterprises and the legal owner of House No. P.T.168, East Tanokrom, Takoradi. The respondents/appellants would be simply referred to as the appellants. The said High Court entered a consent judgment based on the terms of settlement filed by the parties on the 24th April 2008. The Court entered consent judgment in th...