THE REPUBLIC vs. SAMUEL GBAGBO EX PARTE: JOE DEBRAH [2021]DLHC17369

Date	2021-07-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO. C13/15/2020
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC17369

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JOAN EYI KING

EBENEZER OPPONG

C.B. NIMAKO

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;
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EN-US">SAMUEL GBAGBO EX PARTE: JOE DEBRAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">[HIGH COURT, AKIM ODA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">HER LADYSHIP
JUSTICE JOAN EYI KING<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">&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; JUDGMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">On &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 24<sup>th</sup>
January 2020, the applicant through his counsel filed a motion under Order 50
of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, C.I. 47 for an Order of committal into
prison for contempt of Court of the respondent Samuel Gbagbo for wilfully
interfering with, disrupting and interposing himself into the administration of
justice to render it nugatory with the potential to prejudice the fair trial of
a pending suit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">FACTS
OF THE CASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">The applicant deposed that the respondent
commenced an action against him in the High Court, Akim Oda in a suit entitled <b>“SAMUEL GBAGBO VRS JOE DEBRAH </b>for which
he is the defendant. The applicant contends that the respondent entered into a
contract of bailment with him in respect of a Lucas Mill Machine which
agreement was executed on 20<sup>th</sup> September 2016 as per Exhibit A. Per
the agreement, the respondent ceded possession of the machine to him to be
installed on his land at Pabi, Asamankese. That during the pendency of the
agreement one Akwasi Obeng Agyeman revealed to him that he is the owner of the
machine and had earlier entered into a hire agreement with the respondent
whereby the respondent agreed with him to retain possession of the machine in
consideration of paying an amount of Ghc6,000.00 per month into the owner’s
designated account. That the respondent had been irregular with the payment and
so he terminated the agreement as per a letter dated 18<sup>th</sup> April
2017, <b>Exhibit B</b>. Upon the termination
of the agreement between the respondent and the owner, the owner then entered
into a direct bailment agreement with the applicant with respect to the machine
as per <b>Exhibit C</b>. That it was within
the milieu that the respondent issued a writ of summons against the applicant
in the substantive suit, cla</main>