PRUDENTIAL BANK LTD. vs. TELECITY COMPANY LTD AND ANOTHER

BROBBEY J.A.: This is an appeal against the decision of an Accra High Court in which summary judgment was given against the defendant for certain sums of moneys in both Cedis and American Dollars which were owed to the plaintiff. The defendant is described as the appellant herein and the plaintiff as the respondent. The grounds of appeal filed by the appellants were that (a) "The High Court Judge erred by granting the summons for summary judgment since the pleadings were fraught with triable issues not amenable to summary judgment. (b) Additional grounds may be filed upon the receipt of a certified copy of the judgment." No additional grounds were filed. The appeal was therefore argued on the basis of only one ground. In sum, the basic issues between the parties were as follows: the respondent claimed that it was owed moneys by the appellant. The amounts owed were in two different currencies of US Dollars and Ghana Cedis. According to the respondent, both sums remained unpa...