FOSTER BOATENG vs. OPPONG KAAKYIRE [2010]DLCA3701

Date	2010-05-28
Suit No.	NO. H1/20/2010
Citation No.	[2010]DLCA3701

MARIAMA OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

F.G. KORBIEH J.A

IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A

[2010]DLCA3701
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FOSTER BOATENG<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OPPONG KAAKYIRE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[COURT OF
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NO.
H1/20/2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 28TH
MAY, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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MARIAMA
OWUSU (MISS), J.A. (PRESIDING), F.G. KORBIEH, J.A. AND IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.),
J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>On the 2-4-08, the High
Court, Kumasi, entered judgment for the Plaintiff and dismissed the Defendant’s
counter claim as being untenable.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Agreed cost of GH¢1,000 was awarded in favour of the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Dissatisfied with the
decision of the High Court, the Defendant filed the instant appeal.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Grounds of Appeal are as follows;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[a]&nbsp;
That the judge erred when he held that the amount of ¢300m paid to
Defendant&nbsp;&nbsp; was rent advance and not
“good will’.<o:p></o:p>[b] The judge erred when he held
that, the Plaintiff vacated the four [4] store rooms, the subject matter of
this dispute on 30th September 2005.<o:p></o:p>[c] The judge fell in error when he
held that the structural changes the Plaintiff made to the premises were done
with the knowledge, consent and approval of the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>[d] The judge erred when he held
that, Plaintiff allegedly vacated the premises because the Defendant threatened
his life.<o:p></o:p>[e] Further grounds of appeal to be
filed on receipt of the record of proceedings.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Reliefs sought from this court is as follows;<o:p></o:p>“The judgment of the High Court
should be set aside and judgment entered in favor of the Defendant/Appellant”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the
17-2-09, counsel for the Defendant/Appellant filed Additional Ground of Appeal
to wit;<o:p></o:p>“The judge fell in error
when he held that, it was the store rooms, subject matter of litigation that
the Defendant/Appellant opened for PW3 and Orga Willie to inspect.<o:p></o:p>Before
going into the merits or otherwise of this Appeal, I will like to give a brief
background of this case.<o:p></o:p>The
Plaintiff/Respondent in this case issued out a writ of summons claiming from
the defendant/appellant the following Reliefs;<o:p></o:p>[1] Refund of
¢293,474,000 being the outstanding balance of the rent advance paid to the
Defendant at his request and interest on the said sum at the current bank rate
from 1-5-2002 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>[2] Refund of
¢15,735,000 being express born by the Plaintiff on the instruction of the
Defendant in order to render the four[4] store rooms rented fit to be used as
shops and interest thereon at the current bank rate from 1-7-05 to date of
final payment.<o:p></o:p>[3] Damages for breach
of contact.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiff/Respondent’s case as can be deduced from
the pleadings and evidence on record is that, somewhere in the year 2003, he
agreed with the Defendant/Appellant, who was then putting up a building
consisting of store rooms at Roman Hill, Kumasi, to rent four of the rooms
which the Plaintiff/Respondent was to use to ran a cold store. In line with the
agreement, the Plaintiff paid various sums of money totaling ¢301m [GH¢30,000]
to be Defendant and extra ¢1,000,000 [100] to connect electricity to the store
rooms. It is the case of the Plaintiff/Respondent that, on completion of the
building, contrary to the agree</main>