Yeboah

Yeboah v. Progeny Ventures, Inc.

Good Law
128 Cal. App. 4th 443·27 Cal. Rptr. 3d 150
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 5, 2005B168144California2,551 words

Opinion

Opinion

Flier, J.

The parties purport to appeal, and to cross-appeal, from orders that are not appealable. We dismiss the appeals and the cross-appeal.

FACTS

The issues that arise in this purported appeal are based on the provisions of a “modified judgment” that was entered on April 28, 2000. The “modified judgment,” a complex document 19 pages long, is based on a series of stipulations entered into by the parties to this appeal. Because we conclude below that the “modified judgment” is not a final judgment, we will refer to it as the “interlocutory judgment.”

The interlocutory judgment recites a number of facts which are foundational to the issues that are raised in this purported appeal. According to the interlocutory judgment, appellant Progeny Ventures, Inc. (Progeny), established agency agreements, or service contracts, between Western Union Financial Services, Inc. (Western Union—not a party hereto), and various financial institutions in Africa. Kwesi Amoafo Yeboah was instrumental in establishing these agency agreements.

The interlocutory judgment identifies six service contracts (collectively service contracts) between Western Union and financial institutions in Ethiopia,…

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