GANIYU ANINSON MUSTAPHA vs. NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK LTD [2003]DLCA7033

Date	2003-05-29
Suit No.	COURT OF APPEAL NO.: 103/2002
Citation No.	[2003]DLCA7033

OWUSU-ANSAH JA (PRESIDING)

ANINAKWAH JA.

ASIAMAH JA

APPELLANT IN PERSON

MISS SUSAN DOWKOR FOR MICHAEL AMAFU-DEI FOR RESPONDENT

[2003]DLCA7033
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GANIYU ANINSON MUSTAPHA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>COURT
OF APPEAL NO.: 103/2002&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 29TH MAY, 2003<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"> APPELLANT IN PERSON <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>OWUSU-ANSAH
JA (PRESIDING), ANINAKWAH JA., ASIAMAH JA.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>ASIAMAH, JA <o:p></o:p>This is an interlocutory
appeal brought by the Plaintiff/Appellant against the ruling of the trial High
Court to the effect that this is not a proper case where the
Plaintiff/Appellant Civil Motion can secure summary judgment under Sections 1
and 2 of Order 14 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (LN 140A) as
amended by LI 1129.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;To obtain judgment under this Order the
applicant is required as of jural necessity and prerequisite to state the
following facts in his summons:—<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(1) The reliefs sought by him;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(2) An affidavit verifying the facts on which
his claim or part of it is based; and that<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(3) In his relief the default has no defence
to his claim or part thereof. <o:p></o:p>The appellant had no
difficulty in stating the relief under (1) &amp; (3) above. He is seeking the
recovery of US $10,000 being as he stated in both the indorsement to his writ
and summons for summary judgment "long outstanding overseas per diem
allowance due from Defendant to plaintiff during his employment with the
Defendant", and that the defendant has no defence to the action.<o:p></o:p>It is not enough to state
that a party has no defence to an action. The applicant must go a little
further to provide more facts why in his belief he thinks there is no defence
to the action. It is precisely for this purpose that the law requires an
applicant to state in his supporting affidavit "facts on which the
relevant claim or part of a claim is based", see Order 14 Rule 2(1). I
believe the eventual purpose of Order 14 Rule 2(1) is, inter alia, to let the
defendant and the court know when the right of action accrued and whether or
not the law on limitation of action in the matters has not been breached. By
failing to state when the appellant ceased to be in the respondent's employ,
your Lordships are being, as it were, pushed into a speculative position to
conjecture. The dispensation of justice in a court of law does not concern
itself with speculation. An issue emerges here which can only be resolved by
evidence at a trial.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;I hasten to mention that the appellant had in
December, 1997 instituted this same action against the Respondent herein
claiming the same sum of money in suit No. C.753/97. Summons for directions was
taken by the trial High Court on 29"' January, 1998. And subsequent to
this the plaintiff on 12th October, 1999 filed a "notice of
withdrawal" and stated in the said notice of withdrawal thus:—<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;"... the plaintiff herein hereby wholly
withdraws his claim in the above mentioned case". <o:p></o:p>Two of the issues out of a total of 19
issues set down for hearing in the suit numbered, C.753/97 aforementioned were
these:—<o:p></o:p></main>