KAY SIMMONDS (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. TRASACCO ESTATES DEVELOPMENT CO. (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT) [2010]DLCA7852

KAY SIMMONDS (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. TRASACCO ESTATES DEVELOPMENT CO. (DEFENDA... [2010]DLCA7852

Date	2010-02-11
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/37/2010
Citation No.	[2010]DLCA7852

G. M. QUAYE J.A. (PRESIDING)

S. K. MARFUL-SAU J.A.

C. J. HONYENUGA J.A.

MR. ROBERT KINGSLEY YEBOAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. K. PEASAH BOADU FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2010]DLCA7852
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KAY SIMMONDS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>TRASACCO ESTATES DEVELOPMENT CO.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO. HI/37/2010&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; DATE: 11TH
FEBRUARY, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
ROBERT KINGSLEY YEBOAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
K. PEASAH BOADU FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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G.
M. QUAYE J.A. (PRESIDING), S. K. MARFUL-SAU J.A., C. J. HONYENUGA J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>HONYENUGA J.A.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This
is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court Fast Track Division, Accra
dated the 17th day of October, 2008.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Sometime
in the year 2000, the plaintiff/appellant entered into an agreement with the
Empire Builders Limited, a sister company of the defendant/respondent for a
sublease of land.&nbsp; Thereafter, the
plaintiff/appellant and the defendant/respondent entered into an agreement for
the defendant/respondent to build a house on the said land at a total cost of
one hundred and fifty-six thousand United States Dollars (US$156,000.00).&nbsp; Upon completion of the house, which is a
three bedroom house with a boy’s quarters, the plaintiff/appellant moved into
occupancy of the house.&nbsp; The
plaintiff/appellant later detected several structural defects and poor architectural
works on the building and despite all efforts to get the defendant/respondent
to repair those defects, they ended in a fiasco.&nbsp; The plaintiff/appellant being aggrieved instituted
action against the defendant/respondent and by her Amended Writ of Summons
claimed as follows:-<o:p></o:p>“1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Replacement of her house situate on plot
40 with another house within the gated Trasacco Valley Community of same or
similar specifications as that of plot 40 or in the alternative;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
refund of the purchase price of plot No. 40 at current Trasacco Valley price
levels; or in the alternative’<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A refund of the purchase price of US$156,000.00
plus interest from 11th June 2001 to date of final payment; and<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
refund of all expenses expended by the plaintiff on the said plot as follows:-<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; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bill of quantities for floor tiles -
¢5,800,000.00<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; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lightening fittings - €845.00<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; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Installation of underground pop-up
sprinklers for lawn - ¢12,000,000.00<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; (d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Burglar proofing for windows - $4,700.00<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; (e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Re-tiling cracked walkway - $2,000.00<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; (f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Landscaping garden - $3,000.00<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp</main>