[2023]DLSC16086 • June 21, 2023 • Supreme Court •
BERTHA ANSAH-DJAN vs PRYCE KOJO THOMPSON, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL
The Plaintiff, Bertha Ansah-Djan, claimed to be the sole shareholder of Pergah Transport Company Limited, having formed it in 1999 and transferred 70% of shares to the 1st Defendant, Pryce Kojo Thompson, in 2004. The Plaintiff alleged non-payment for the shares and repudiated the transfer. The 1st Defendant contended he conceived, financed, and owned the company, with the Plaintiff holding shares in trust for him. The dispute centered on ownership and shareholding rights.
read moreJUDGMENT ASIEDU JSC:- INTRODUCTION: This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated the 2nd day of July 2020. In the said judgment, the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of the trial High Court delivered on the 25th November 2016 in favour of the Defendants/Respondents/Respondents hereafter referred to as the Defendants. Aggrieved by the judgment of the Court of Appeal, the Plaintiff/Appellant/Appellant hereafter referred to as the Plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal against the said judgment on the 12th August 2020. FACTS: The facts of this case are that the Plaintiff/Appellant and the 1st Defendant herein are friends. The Plaintiff claims that she formed a transport Company known as Pergah Transport Company Limited in 1999 and was the sole shareholder of the Company. In 2004, the Plaintiff transferred seventy percent of the total shares of the Company valued GH₵24,500.00 to the 1st Defendant. An agreement, exhibit ‘A’ herein, was executed by the pa...