FIADZOE vs. KUADZI [1978]DLCA1141

Date	1978-05-18
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1978]DLCA1141

SOWAH JA

KINGSLEY-NYINAH JA

ANNAN J.A.

NUTSUGAH FOR THE APPELLANT.

KUDJAWU FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[1978]DLCA1141
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FIADZOE <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>KUADZI<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[1979] GLR 469<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
18 MAY 1978<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NUTSUGAH FOR THE APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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SOWAH, KINGSLEY-NYINAH AND ANNAN JJ.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF ANNAN J.A.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff-respondent claimed the following sums of money in his writ of
summons:<o:p></o:p>(a) The
sum of N¢672 being advance plaintiff paid to the defendant on 30 June 1971 for
the purchase of defendant’s Toyota bus No. GM 162 under a hire-purchase
agreement dated 30 June 1971 which Toyota defendant has now seized unlawfully;<o:p></o:p>(b) The
sum of N¢250 being the first instalment plaintiff paid to the defendant on 8
August 1971 under the said hire-purchase agreement;<o:p></o:p>(c) The
sum of N¢624.20 being amount plaintiff spent in procuring the necessary papers
on the said vehicle and making the vehicle roadworthy;<o:p></o:p>(d) The
sum of N¢1,000 being damages for breach of contract.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According
to the statement of claim the plaintiff-respondent entered into a hire-purchase
agreement with the defendant-appellant for the purchase of the bus for the
total hire-purchase price of N¢3,700. The agreement was dated 30 June 1971 and
provided for the payment of the initial sum of N¢672 and a first instalment of
N¢250. The plaintiff-respondent took delivery of the bus in terms of the agreement
but had to spend a total of N¢624.20 for the purposes of the insurance
certificate, certificate of roadworthiness and spare parts in order to put the
vehicle on the road. The defendant-appellant seized the vehicle on or about 8
August 1971.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The statement
of defence admits the agreement of 30 June 1971, the hire-purchase basis of the
transaction and total payment of N¢672 at that date but denies that the first
instalment of N¢250 was ever paid. The amount paid was N¢170 in July 1971 with
no further payments until 23 August 1971 when the vehicle was seized. No
admission is made of any of the claims of the Plaintiff-respondent.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
issues agreed for trial are:<o:p></o:p>(a) Whether
or not the plaintiff purchased the defendant’s Toyota bus No. GM 162 by a
hire-purchase agreement dated 30 June 1971;<o:p></o:p>(b) Whether
or not the said bus has been seized by the defendant;<o:p></o:p>(c) Whether
or not such seizure is lawful.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
undisputed evidence shows that the appellant and the respondent negotiated the
sale of the former’s bus to the latter for a total purchase price of N¢3,700
out of which amount the respondent had paid a total of N¢672 by 30 June 1971,
the date of their written agreement, exhibit B. The first and second
instalments were fixed in the sum of N¢250 payable on or before the 31 July
1971 and on or about 31 August 1971 re</main>