KWAME BOATENG & ANOR V. DAVID OSEI MENSAH
(2024) JELR 112502 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/028/2024
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13 Jun 2024
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Ghana
Coram
ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH(MRS), JA
ERIC BAAH, JA
ALEX OWUSU-OFORI, JA
Appearances
FELIX AMOAH FOR THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT WITH RUTH ASSUMADU AND REV. FR. DENNIS YAW BARIMA.
ISAAC BOBI FOR THE APPLICANTS/RESPONDENTS
Judgement
<p style="text-align: center"><strong><u>JUDGMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>MENSAH-HOMIAH, J.A</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>INTRODUCTION</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">We have before us, an appeal from the Ruling of the High Court,Kumasi, dated 30 November 2021. By the said Ruling, the Respondent/Appellant was convicted and sentenced to a fine of Twenty-Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH₵25,000.00) in an intermeddling application brought by the Applicants/Respondentspursuant to Order <strong><u>66 rule (3) of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004, CI 47</u></strong>. This appeal raises for our discussion two pivotalissues, namely: (i) the competency of the motion for committal for intermeddling brought under <strong><u>Order 66 rule 3 of CI 47</u></strong>; and (ii) whether a Consent Judgment can be set aside in proceedings where a party to the consent judgment is not a party.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Henceforth, the Applicants/Respondents and theRespondent/Appellant will simply be referred to as Applicants and Respondents for the sake of convenience.</p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>THE FACTS</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">One Kwadwo Owusu Ansah died testate on 6 July 2016 and in his last Will, he appointed the Applicants herein as Executors. The…</p>