SAMUEL AMANKWA YEBOAH (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. SPLENDID BUSINESS SERVICE LTD (DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS) IN THE MATTER AN APPLCIATION FOR COMMITAL FOR CONTEMPT THE REPUBLIC vs. ANDERSON BAAFI, EMMANUEL ADANSI BONAH AND ISAAC OSEI (RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENT) EX-PARTE: SAMUEL AMANKWAH YEBOAH: APPLICANT [2019]DLCA7734

SAMUEL AMANKWA YEBOAH (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. SPLENDID BUSINESS SERVICE LTD (D... [2019]DLCA7734

Date	2019-10-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/41/19
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7734

MARIAMA OWUSU JA (PRESIDING)

SENYO DZAMEFE JA

MARGARET WELBOURNE JA

[2019]DLCA7734
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL AMANKWA YEBOAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>SPLENDID BUSINESS SERVICE LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>IN THE MATTER
AN APPLCIATION FOR COMMITAL FOR CONTEMPT<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>ANDERSON
BAAFI, EMMANUEL ADANSI BONAH AND ISAAC OSEI<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE:
SAMUEL AMANKWAH YEBOAH: APPLICANT<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/41/19&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:
19TH OCTOBER, 2019<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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MARIAMA
OWUSU JA (PRESIDING), SENYO DZAMEFE JA, MARGARET WELBOURNE JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>DZAMEFE, JA<o:p></o:p>Daniel Yaw Sekyere Esq,
counsel for and on behalf of the plaintiff/applicant herein filed a motion on notice
for an order committing the respondent to prison for wilful disobedience of the
judgment of the High Court dated 11th November 2016 and for any
further orders the court deems fit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The applicant in support of
this motion averred that the respondents are Directors of the Defendant Company
against whom he instituted the instant suit for the reliefs endorsed. While the
suit was pending, the plaintiff and the defendant acting by its Directors,
signed terms of settlement which was adopted by the court as the consent
judgment of the parties – “Exhibit SAY 1”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiff on 30th
January 2017 filed an entry of judgment and same served on the defendants.&nbsp; The plaintiff averred that in the terms of
settlement which became the consent judgment, the defendants were supposed to
hand over the lease document used as collateral to Beige Capital to the
plaintiff by the end of November, 2016.&nbsp;
According to the plaintiff, as at the date of filing the defendants have
failed to return the document in question in conformity with the judgment of
the court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is plaintiff’s case
that, that disobedience by the defendants of the court is contemptuous of the honourable
court and should therefore be committed for same to ensure that the cause of justice
is not derailed in any way.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The respondents filed an
affidavit in opposition to the motion on notice for contempt, dated 18th
October 2017. That the respondents are vehemently opposed to the said
application since it is misplaced, unmeritorious and an abuse of the courts
process.&nbsp; It is their case that they have
gone into an agreement with the applicant for the use of his property as
security for a bank loan, for which they paid him Gh¢15,000.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>That since thy have duly
complied with the terms of the agreement by paying the collateral rental fees
to the applicant, he cannot compel them for the release of his title deeds
after receiving the payment.&nbsp; His
application therefore must be dismissed with punitive cost.&nbsp; The applicant in a supplementary affidavit
said further that: -<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Paragraph 4 -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “That as much as
the applicant had an initial agreement with respondent, same is not the
situation now though the applicant has an agreement had an agreement with the
respondent that agreement finally determined by 30/11/</main>