ROCKSHELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS) vs. WAHOME STEEL LTD. (DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)

ARYEETEY, J.A. According to the indorsement on the plaintiffs/respondents writ of summons they claim for “(1) The delivery or return or the replacement value of their building at Lawlawvor Greater Accra Region together with its contents of spare parts, furniture, stores quarrying, mining and construction equipment belonging to the plaintiffs and destroyed or unlawfully appropriated or converted by the defendants to their own use. (2) Damages for unlawful conversion and or appropriation or destruction by the defendants of the said, stores, quarrying, mining and construction equipment.” Their pleading gives the basis of their claim as follows: About ten years prior to filing their Statement of Claim on 15th November 1996, they were awarded a contract in connection with the Keta Sea Defence project. For the purpose of that contractual arrangement with the government, they imported into the country plant and equipment, which they kept at Metsri Kassa in the Volta Region to await the ...