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…BERNARD KIARIE....................................................................APPELLANT VERSUS THUKU NJOROGE................................................................RESPONDENT (Being an appeal from the judgment and decree…

…............................................APPELLANT AND NAIMA MOHAMOUD (A minor who had sued through her next friend Mohamoud Ali)..............................................RESPONDENT (An appeal from a judgment and decree…

…Mangi v Munyiri & another Court of Appeal, at Nairobi August 1, 1991 Masime, Cockar & Muli JJ A Civil Appeal No 143 of 1990 (Appeal from the Judgment and Decree of the High Court at Nairobi, Mr Justice Shields J, dated 9th…

…This is an appeal from the judgment and decree of the High Court of Kenya (Shields, J) dated the 9th November, 1989, in Nairobi Civil Case No 1414 of 1989.…

…APPELLANT AND MARIA VESTERS & ANOTHER.................................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from Judgment/Decree of the High Court at Nairobi, Cockar J) JUDGMENT June 10, 1988, Nyarangi JA delivered the following…

…RESPONDENTS (Appeal from a Judgment and Decree of the High Court of Kenya at Mombasa (Mr Justice Bosire) dated 17th October, 1989 in HCCC No 172 of 1987) JUDGMENT This appeal was very well argued by counsel on both sides.…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Court of Appeal, at Mombasa July 25, 1991 Gachuhi,Masime JJ A & Omolo Ag JA Civil Appeal No 144 of 1990 Kenya Breweries Ltd v Saro (Appeal from a Judgment and decree of the High Court at Mombasa, Githinji…

….…… RESPONDENT (From a judgment and decree of the High Court at Mombasa, Bosire J, dated the 25th November 1988 in High Court Civil Case No 490 of1984) JUDGMENTS Hancox CJ.…

…First, the respondents admitted liability and, secondly, they did not challenge the decree which meant that the judge could not order that payment of the amount decreed be postponed or made by instalments without the consent…

…the decree.…

…Another requirement of that order nisi on the Garnishee is that the should attend the court on the application by the decree holder on October 23, 1990, and that the Garnishee pays to the decree holder the debt due from the…

…This is more so when the Garnishee swears that no debt is due from it to the judgement debtor and that has not been contradicted by the decree holder.…

…Judgment having been entered and before execution, a decree has to be issued. Execution is therefore based on the decree. It is the amount in the decree that should be considered as correct for the purpose of execution.…

…The appellant should attack the decree and not the figure he considers the judgment was entered for. I have been in pains to go through the original record to see ……. a mistake in entering judgment.…

…Both the first and second respondents applied for a stay of execution of the monetary part of the decree pending appeal, but Karugu Contractors made no application.…

…And further that although it did not apply for a stay of execution of the decree, when the order was made on the application for stay of execution, it stayed the execution of the decree in relation to Karugu Contractors as…

…The defendant/applicant was aggrieved by that assessment and filed notice of appeal intending to appeal against the decree but before that could be done the court made an order that Kshs.361, 111.00 be paid out to the plaintiff…

…When the applicant wanted to have the decree approved for purposes of appeal is when they were told that the decree could not be approved as no costs had been paid for the suit either at the time of filing or the time of…

…In Alibai v Raichura 20 EACA 24; the headnote reads: “An Order is a formal expression of any decision of a Civil Court which is not a decree.…

…Those holdings were founded on a proper interpretation of section 66 of the Civil Procedure Act which confers a right of appeal from the High Court to this Court from “decrees and orders of the High Court”.…

…In Alibai v Raichura 20 EACA 24; the headnote reads: “An Order is a formal expression of any decision of a Civil Court which is not a decree.…

…Those holdings were founded on a proper interpretation of section 66 of the Civil Procedure Act which confers a right of appeal from the High Court to this Court from “decrees and orders of the High Court”.…

…Secondly, whether, in absence of the Judgment or a copy thereof, the applicant could have appreciated the reasoning and final decree to permit him or her to take the next cause of action.…

…That the Court considering the application does factor security for due performance of the decree.…

…defendant finally swore in his affidavit in reply that the applicant has concealed his property with a view of defeating the plaintiff’s claim The provisions of order XX rule 11 (2) reads: “After the passing of any such decree…

…, the court may on the application of the judgement debtor and with the consent of the decree -holder or without the consent of the decree -holder for sufficient cause shown order that the payment of the amount decreed be…

…It would seem to us that where liability has been established by a preliminary decree, it is necessary to appeal within proper time against that preliminary decree.…

…The argument is very well set out on pp 604 and 605 where the distinction was drawn between preliminary decrees and interlocutory orders.…

…The Court was informed from the bar that the full amount payable under the decree has been paid.…

…The power to award interest generally is given to the Court by section 26(1) of the Civil Procedure Act (cap 21) which reads: “26(1) Where and in so far as a decree is for the payment of money, the Court may, in the decree…

…MASAI .......................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from a Judgment and Decree of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Lady Justice Effie Awuor) dated 13th June, 1988 in H.C.C.C.…

…It did not in any way seek conclusively to determine the rights of the parties and did not give rise to a decree within the meaning of s.2. of the Civil Procedure Act. At the best it gave rise to an order.…