THE REPUBLIC vs. KEN RAY PORTER (RESPONDENT/APPELLANT) EX PARTE; WILLIAM KWAKYE AND ALICE KWAKYE (INTERESTED PARTIES APPLICANTS) [2009]DLCA7798

THE REPUBLIC vs. KEN RAY PORTER (RESPONDENT/APPELLANT) EX PARTE; WILLIAM KWAKYE... [2009]DLCA7798

Date	2009-01-22
Suit No.	H1/99/07
Citation No.	[2009]DLCA7798

APALOO JA (PRESIDING)

YAW APPAU JA

ACQUAYE JA

MR FRIMPONG BOADU FOR THE RESPONDENTS

MR WILLIE AMARFIO FOR THE APPELLANT

[2009]DLCA7798
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>KEN RAY PORTER<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE; WILLIAM KWAKYE AND ALICE KWAKYE<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED
PARTIES APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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H1/99/07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 22ND JANUARY,
2009<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR
FRIMPONG BOADU FOR THE RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR
WILLIE AMARFIO FOR THE APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APALOO
JA (PRESIDING), YAW APPAU JA, ACQUAYE JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>APALOO J A;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The
facts in this appeal are not in dispute and are equally simple.&nbsp; The applicants William and Alice Kwakye as
husband and wife granted a tenancy of property to a foreign investor company by
the name Global Investment Group per an agreement dated 3rd May
2003.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
tenants, it is alleged paid their rents to the Respondents/Applicants
religiously until upon the advice of the Lands Commission, Global Investment
Group stopped further payments.&nbsp; The
Applicants/Respondents herein as Plaintiffs sued their tenant namely Global
Investment Group for arrears of rent mesne profits
etc. in the Circuit Court.&nbsp; The Defendant
Company filed its defence and counter claim challenging the title of the
Plaintiff that they were not the owners of the land on which the uncompleted
building they had rented out to them stood.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In
the course of the trial the Circuit Court made an order upon the application of
the plaintiffs that the Defendant/Company should pay the accrued rents into court pendentelite.&nbsp;
The order was dated in respect of that order on 16/06/2006.&nbsp; When the order for the payment of the accrued
rent was not complied with by the Defendant/company, the Plaintiffs/Land Lords
commenced contempt proceedings in the High Court for the attachment of Ken Ray
Porter the appellant herein who is the Chief Executive of the Defendant/Company.&nbsp; On 25/25/2006 Abada J sitting in the High
Court Accra had no difficulty in finding the appellant guilty of contempt but
in his wisdom admitted the appellant to bail and adjourned the matter to a
future date.&nbsp; On the adjourned date on
27/07/2006 this is what is contained in the Court notes of Abada J.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“Upon
the committal of the Respondent,&nbsp; I
granted him bail on his promise that he would pay the money by today.&nbsp; He has defaulted on his undertaking which
formed the basis for decision to grant him bail.&nbsp; The Respondent is to be accordingly
imprisoned for 2 months until he either settle his indebtedness as ordered by
the trial court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Again
on 28/07/2006, Abada J. made another order extending bail to 15/08/2006.&nbsp; In his own words the High Court Judge said.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“Upon
further representation made on behalf of the Defendant contemnor applicant and
upon hearing Counsel for the Plaintiff applicant let the bail granted to
15/08/2006 at which date the judgement debt should have been paid or a
substantial portion thereof should have been paid failure to do so the
Respondent is to serve the term of 2 months imprisonment imposed on him
forthwith.&nbsp; He is accordingly being
discharged from prison.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It
is on record that on 5th September, 2006 Mrs. Owusu Arhin sitting in
the High Court Accra as Vacation Judge refused to set aside the committal
proceedings when an application for that purpose was brought before her.&nbsp; However when a similar app</main>