ALHAJI AMIN ISSAKA vs. AGYA KWABENA OWUSU and FIVE OTHERS

By his writ of summons, the plaintiff, a transport owner, operating under the name and style of Zimbabwe Transport, based at Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region, claims from the defendants, jointly and severally, eight hundred bags of “Big Joe” and a hundred bags of “Texas” rice which he contracted with the defendants to convey from the CCTC (Ghana) Ltd. in Accra to his customer, Khwaji Brothers, in Kumasi but which were not delivered. Alternatively, he seeks the recovery of the current price of the rice from the defendants. The first defendant, a resident of Kwadaso, Kumasi, owns the Mercedez benz articulator truck with registration number AS 1237D. It was into this vehicle that the rice was loaded at the CCTC warehouse on the Spintex Road, Accra, but were not delivered to the owners in Kumasi as expected. The second defendant was a driver’s mate on the articulator truck, whilst the third defendant claims to be a businessman based at Tema Community Two. The fourth, fifth an...