KWAME TIAKA vs. ISAAC OSEI

This court has been called upon to determine the rights and obligations of the parties herein under a sale of goods contract which they orally entered into, even though the endorsement on the writ of summons appears to be a normal liquidated demand. The amount being claimed is GHC 50,070.00 plus interest, from 01/01/2014, till date of final payment. The Plaintiff’s case is that for approximately six years prior to January, 2013, he supplied the Defendant with used ladies shoes and sandals. In the course of the dealings, the Plaintiff alleged that he supplied the defendant with ladies shoes and sandals worth GHC 54,870.00 on or before January, 2013, to be paid on or before December 2013. By the close of December 2013, the Plaintiff contended that the Defendant had not made any payment at all, and after repeated demands, he paid GHC 1,000.00. He further alleged that two post-dated cheques issued by the Defendant as part payment could not be cashed, and following a report to the polic.....