KARIYAVOULAS & ANOTHER vs. OSEI [1983]DLHC2147

Date	1983-05-06
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1983]DLHC2147

TWUMASI J.

JAMES MERCER FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.

ADUMUA-BOSSMAN FOR THE DEFENDANT

[1983]DLHC2147
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KARIYAVOULAS &amp; ANOTHER <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>OSEI <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, SEKONDI]<o:p></o:p>[1982-83] GLR 658<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
6 MAY 1983<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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JAMES MERCER FOR THE PLAINTIFFS. <o:p></o:p>

ADUMUA-BOSSMAN FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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TWUMASI J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF TWUMASI J.<o:p></o:p>On 2 May
1979 the plaintiffs herein issued a writ of summons couched in the following
terms:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(1)
¢48,000 (forty-eight thousand cedis) being the total consideration for the
assignment of 4 (four) parcels of land situated and lying at Essipun, Sekondi
and covered by deeds of assignment registered Nos. DR 1187/70; DR 1188/70; DR
1189/70 and DR 1190/70 conveyed by the late Andreas Kariyavoulas to the
defendant in 1970 at ¢12,000 (twelve thousand cedis) each; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(2) Interest
on the sum of ¢48,000 (forty-eight thousand cedis) at the rate of twelve per
cent per annum from 1971 to the date of judgment; and <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(3) A
declaration in the alternative setting aside the said assignments for failure
of consideration.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In their
statement of claim, the plaintiffs averred in paragraph 4 thereof that the
total consideration of ¢48,000 was not, in fact, paid though the deeds of
assignment expressed it to have been paid. They also averred in paragraph 5
that Andreas Kariyavoulas died in Greece shortly after the assignment of the
deeds and they were granted letters of administration on 5 May 1977 after they
had attained their majority; and accordingly, as stated by them in paragraph 1
of their statement of claim, they brought this action in their capacity as the
personal representatives of the late Kariyavoulas and they did so per their
lawful attorney, Madam Adjuah Donkor.<o:p></o:p>In his
answer to the plaintiffs’ claim, the defendant averred in paragraph 3 of his
statement of defence that the late Andreas Kariyavoulas assigned the residue of
the terms of 4(four) leases and orally agreed to make two further assignments
covered by Sdi 54/52 and Sdi 369/51, relating to his factory, bungalow,
workshop, stores and offices, to the defendant at the total purchase price of
¢12,000 (twelve thousand cedis).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>From this
vantage point we can easily see the stark fact in issue on the pleadings which
is also incidentally stated in a fit and convenient manner in the plaintiffs’
summons for directions and it is: Whether or not the total consideration for
the 4 (four) assignments is ¢12.000 (twelve thousand cedis) or ¢48,000
(forty-eight thousand cedis). The answers to other issues on the pleadings
would be mere corollaries to the answer to this major issue posed above. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On this
issue the defendant by paragraph 7 of his statement of defence pleaded estoppel
rem judicatam and this is set out in the summons for directions. The main keg
on which this defence was perched consisted of three rulings and a judgment
itemised as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(i) The
ruling on 24 April 1972 by Edusei J. (as he then was) in land suit No. 4/70,
Sekondi.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(ii) The
ruling on 19 June 1972 by Edusei J. (as he then was) in land suit No. 4/71.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(iii) The
ruling by Quashie-Sam J. in suit No. 179/72 on 28 June 1976.<o:p></o:p>