2000 LIMITED vs. FRANCIS OTOO

ADUAMA OSEI By a Notice of Appeal filed on the 29th of May, 2013, the Plaintiff/Appellant is praying this Court to set aside a “judgment” read in the Fast Track Division of the High Court on the 24th of May, 2013. The sole ground disclosed on the Notice of Appeal is that “the whole judgment is against the weight of evidence.” I have read the Record of Appeal a number of times and I have been wondering whether, considering the state of the record and the relief sought in this appeal, the Plaintiff/Appellant is not inviting this Court to engage in a purposeless judicial exercise. In this judgment, the Plaintiff/Appellant will be referred to as “the Plaintiff” and the Defendant/Respondent will be referred to as “the Defendant.” In its action commenced in the Fast Track Division of the High Court, Accra, on the 29th of January, 2008, the Plaintiff sought a declaration that the Defendant was indebted to it in the sum of GH¢36,812.00. It also sought in its favou...