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…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.…

…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.…

…He has said on oath that no stay was ever granted in respect of the rest of the decree for payment of arrears of rent and mesne profits.…

…However, Mr Esmail has conceded that the debtor had filed an appeal but it is only against the order for possession and not against the money decree.…

…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…

…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”.…

…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.…

…Mr Kinyanjui submitted that, taking into account the definition of the word “decree” in section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act (cap 21), judgment includes a dismissal of a suit under rule 4 of order IXB, but it did not include…

…According to Miss Mwangi ,the definition of “decree” covers a dismissal for default.…

…**** RULING OF THE COURT In this application the applicant seeks to have the appellant's appeal struck out for being incompetent for the reason that the record of the said appeal does not contain a certified copy of the decree…

…It is patently obvious that the record of the appellant's appeal does not contain a certified copy of the decree appealed against.…

…APPELLANT AND KENYA NATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION .........RESPONDENT (Application for extension of time to file appeal in an intended appeal from a judgment and decree of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Justice Githinji…

…appeal out of time, the first appeal filed by the applicant (Civil Appeal No. 91 of 1993), having been struck out by this Court on 25th October, 1995, because the record of appeal did not contain a certified copy of the decree…

…October, 1979 in the High Court Civil Case No. 575 of 1968 on the grounds that the applicant had previously filed Civil appeal No. 79 of 1985 which was struck out because the applicant did not include a certified copy of the decree…

…in the record of appeal; that the omission to include the order (sic) decree was a mistake on the part of his then advocate; and that as the applicant had fully entrusted the prosecution of the appeal in the ......... professional…

…October, 1979 in the High Court Civil Case No. 575 of 1968 on the grounds that the applicant had previously filed Civil appeal No. 79 of 1985 which was struck out because the applicant did not include a certified copy of the decree…

…in the record of appeal; that the omission to include the order (sic) decree was a mistake on the part of his then advocate; and that as the applicant had fully entrusted the prosecution of the appeal in the ......... professional…

…APPLICANT AND DIAMOND TRUST BANK (K) LTD .........................RESPONDENT (An application for stay of execution in an intended appeal from a judgment and decree of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Khamoni J) dated 2nd…

…NO. 44 OF 1998) ************** RULING OF THE COURT The applicant seeks the exercise of our discretionary jurisdiction under rule 5 (2) (b) of the Rules of this Court and order a stay of execution of the decree of the superior…

…The bank was not a party to the suit.The court however decided to give the Bank opportunity to be heard inrespect of the Decree Holder's application dated 3/9/97 seeking leave tosell some property which happened to be charged…

…Interest has been accumulating over the debt owed by J.D both tothe bank and to the Decree Holder.…