IBRAHIM YACUBU vs. TORFIKI MURTALA

JUDGMENT Introduction The parties in this matter per the pleadings and the evidence on record were once very good friends but a dispute over a 1998 model of Mercedes Benz ML 320 is what has brought the parties to court and this has effectively strained an otherwise very good relationship between the parties. Plaintiff’s Case It is the plaintiff’s case that he consigned a Mercedes Benz ML 320 vehicle to Ghana together with other vehicles (Hyundai Sante Fe belonging to the defendant and a Dodge Ram) and some general goods. The defendant cleared the goods on his behalf and they put a selling price of US$25,000.00 (per the exchange rate at the time the amount was approximately GH₵25,000.00) on the Mercedes Benz ML 320. It is the plaintiff’s case that he instructed the defendant to sell the vehicle at that price failing which he should park the car. When the defendant was not getting a buyer for the car, he instructed one Ahmed Issah Yakubu to retrieve the vehicle fr...