YAW SAKYI vs. NATHANIEL OPOKU AND 2 OTHERS [2011]DLSC3093

Date	2011-05-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/02/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLSC3093

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

F.G. KORBIEH J.A.

IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.

[2011]DLSC3093
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >YAW SAKYI<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NATHANIEL OPOKU AND 2
OTHERS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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. H1/02/2011&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 27TH
MAY, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>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; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:
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MARIAMA
OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING), F.G. KORBIEH J.A., IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>F.G.
KORBIEH, J.A. The
facts of this case are rather simple and straight forward. They may be
summarized as follows: the plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter only referred to
as the respondent) is a carpenter whose professional services the defendants/appellants
(hereinafter only referred to as the appellants) had required and sought from
time to time. Due to the business transactions between the parties, the
respondent alleged that the appellant owed him some money. The respondent
therefore refused to release some doors that the appellants had asked him to
make and paid for. Being aggrieved by this action on the part of the
respondent, the appellants caused the arrest of the respondent by the police
who detained the respondent over-night. The next day after his arrest the
respondent agreed to release the doors he had made for the appellants to the
latter after he was paid the money owed him by the appellant. The respondent
thereafter sued the appellants for malicious arrest, unlawful detention and
damage to the respondent’s reputation. He asked that the court grant him twenty
million cedis as damages. The appellants resisted the claim of the respondent
and the 1st and 2nd appellants counter-claimed for ₵18,503.00 as special damages for breach
of contract. At the close of pleadings, the issues set down for trial were the
following:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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Whether or not the plaintiff was
arrested and detained over-night by the 3rd defendant.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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Whether or not the arrest and detention
of the plaintiff was justified.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not the plaintiff was
humiliated and emotionally disturbed by his arrest and detention.<o:p></o:p>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not the arrest and detention
of the plaintiff have cast a slur on the image of the plaintiff and lowered his
reputation in the eyes and minds of right-thinking people in the society.<o:p></o:p>(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;