GHANA TEXTILES MANUFACTURING CO. LTD (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. SAFETECH (DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS) [2011]DLCA7895

GHANA TEXTILES MANUFACTURING CO. LTD (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. SAFETECH (DEFEND... [2011]DLCA7895

Date	2011-01-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO.HI/12/2010
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA7895

APPAU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DUOSE J.A

OFOE J.A.

MR OPOKU AMPONSAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. OSAFO BUABENG FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2011]DLCA7895
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GHANA TEXTILES
MANUFACTURING CO. LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>SAFETECH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm">SUIT NO.HI/12/2010&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;
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JANUARY, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR
OPOKU AMPONSAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/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.
OSAFO BUABENG FOR PLAINTIFF/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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APPAU
J.A. (PRESIDING), DUOSE J.A, OFOE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>OFOE,
J.A.<o:p></o:p>My
brother Isaac Douse has presented the opinion of this court and I am in
agreement with him. I am also of the opinion that apart from ground (a) as it
relates to the number of copper rollers stolen and its value and ground of
appeal (b), all other grounds of appeal should be dismissed. By this opinion I
am questioning the trial court’s findings of fact as it relates to these areas
of the appeal. Her appreciation and assessment of the facts of the case to the
law on burden of prove as applied by the authorities I find inappropriate and I
will demonstrate presently.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Brief of the undisputed facts of the case
should suffice. Plaintiff is a textile manufacturing firm and the defendant a
security company that provides guard security and other security services. The
parties have an agreement by which the defendant was to provide security
services for the plaintiff yard in Tema. The contract is dated November 2005.
On the 10th 0f November 2006 theft was committed in the yard of the
defendant occasioning loss of copper rollers. Whilst the plaintiff claims 230
pieces were stolen the defendant says an unspecified number got lost. The
defendant alleges that the loss arose out of arm robbery and not ordinary
theft. Earlier losses in the yard which the plaintiff is also claiming are loss
of roofing sheets and headlights of a forklift. At the end of trial the trial
judge found the defendant liable for negligence in the performance of their
security duties, found them liable for the lose of the value of the copper
rollers and ordered the defendant to replace the stolen roofing sheets. The
value of the copper rollers the trial judge accepted as Gh450, 000. The counterclaim
for contributory negligence which the defendant filed was dismissed by the
trial judge. It is against these decisions that the appeal has been lodged.<o:p></o:p>The
grounds of appeal filed are:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The judgment is against the
weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;