[2013]DLCA8396 • March 21, 2013 • Court of Appeal
THE REPUBLIC vs. EBUSUAPANYIN KOBINA ATTA, KOBINA TWOOKU, IDDI EKOW BEDIAKO, KWEKU ASMAH AND KOJO ASMAH EBUSUAPANYIN MALLAM MUMUNI EKOW EFI
DENNIS ADJEI, J.A: The Applicant/Appellant filed an application at the High Court Cape Coast to commit the Respondents/Respondents for contempt for flagrant disrespect to the judgment of the High Court, Cape Coast delivered on 24th November, 1988 in the case of Nana Akua Boafo vs. Kobina Akon and others with Suit No. CS28/176. In1988, the High Court, Cape Coast per Kpegah J. (as he then was) refused to make an order ejecting the then defendants from the land, the subject matter of the suit after they had lost the suit. The court, however, decreed title to the Abobonko lands to the plaintiffs. The court further granted an order of perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants, their assigns and servants from dealing with Abobonko land in a manner inconsistent with the plaintiff’s ownership. The defendants were further ordered to attorn tenancy to the plaintiff’s family within six months from the date of the delivery of the judgment. The parties in that suit have died. ...