[2021]DLCA11788 • December 9, 2021 • Court of Appeal
NANA ABENA AGYEMANG OKRAH vs. CROWN APARTMENTO HOTEL LTD.
JUDGMENT WELBOURNE, J.A This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Accra dated the 31st day of July 2017. BRIEF FACTS: The Respondent is a businesswoman and the Appellant is a limited liability company registered and incorporated under the laws of Ghana which runs a hotel business located at the Airport Residential Area in Accra. The Respondent avers that sometime in 2011 she met a man named Dane Calis whom she befriended. The Respondent claims that after befriending the said Dane Calis he asked her to assist him in securing an alternate accommodation as he was not satisfied with his accommodation at the time. As a result of this request the Respondent led the said Mr. Calis to the premises of the Appellant and upon inspection Mr. Calis was satisfied and as such decided to take up one of the apartments the Appellant had. Mr. Calis was initially regular with the payment of his bills but started to default in the payment of his bills after he had been defrauded by some ...