DAVID ASARE vs. MIKE ASOMANI

DOTSE J.A This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Accra dated 16th July, 2004. In that judgment, the learned trial Justice of Appeal, sitting with additional responsibility as a High Court Judge, delivered judgment in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent, hereafter referred to as the Plaintiff and against the Defendant/Appellant hereafter referred to as the Defendant. In the High Court, the Plaintiff claimed against the Defendant, the following reliefs:— (a) Payment of the sum of $37,400 or its equivalent in cedis at the current exchange rate. (b) Interest on the aforesaid sum of money from December 1991 until judgment. FACTS Due to the special circumstances of this case, it is necessary to set out in some detail the facts of the case. The Plaintiff commenced the instant suit against the Defendant on 16th July, 1992. The action arose as a result of an agreement entered into between the parties in or about September, 1991. By that agreement, the Plaintiff w.....