NAA KLORDEY ODONKOR vs. REGINA AKOWUAH AND OTHER

This ruling is in respect of an application by the plaintiff/applicant (to be called the plaintiff) for summary judgment against the first defendant/respondent, to be referred to simply as first defendant, for the recovery of an amount of GH¢10,000.00, described as a loan, allegedly given to her and another by the plaintiff on or about the 8th of June, 2011, to be repaid by the 8th of July, 2011.The defendants are alleged to have defaulted in honouring their obligation of repaying the loan at the stipulated time. The plaintiff therefore filed the instant motion against the first defendant claiming the GH¢10,000.00 on the ground that the first defendant signed a Memorandum of Understanding acknowledging receipt of the money, and undertook to pay back same at the due date. Plaintiff also called on the court to regard a statement of defence filed by the first defendant as a sham, in view of the provisions of the memorandum of understanding attached to the motion. In the said defence, t.....