BANNERMAN AND OTHERS vs. FRETETE ODOMANKOMA JEWELLERY LTD.

JUDGMENT OF OSEI-HWERE J.S.C. Olinto Magrini is a two-faced clock or, simply put, a double-dealer. By “an agreement of co-operation” (exhibit 3) entered into on 8 December 1981, he and one Renato Gentillezza, a fellow Italian, agreed to establish a jewellery shop in co-operation with and under the registered name of a company called Fretete Odomankoma Jewellery Ltd. in house No. F 739/3, Cantonments Road, Osu (R.E.), Accra. That same day the said company took a sublease of the said premises for a period of ten years certain from Renato Gentillezza and one Dr. Alfred Tawiah Darko, the head lessees. Olinto Magrini was a signing witness to this sublease, exhibit A. A huge investment had been sunk into the building by way of renovations to fit it for a jewellery shop. The company started their business in style but the 31 December 1981 coup immediately smothered their aspirations. The company themselves euphemistically described the complete halt to their operations as “te...