COL. AYISI vs. NASSIRU ABDULAI BANDA [2012]DLCA3079

Date	2012-03-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/68/2011
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA3079

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

F.G. KORBIEH J.A.

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

FRANK OTOO ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.

JAMES MARSHAL BELIEB ESQ. FOR PLFF/RESPONENT.

[2012]DLCA3079
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >COL. AYISI<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NASSIRU ABDULAI BANDA<o:p></o:p>[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. H1/68/2011&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;DATED:
30TH MARCH, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>FRANK OTOO ESQ. FOR
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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JAMES MARSHAL BELIEB ESQ. FOR
PLFF/RESPONENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>MARIAMA OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING),
F.G. KORBIEH J.A., IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>F.G. KORBIEH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/respondent (who shall
hereinafter be referred to only as the respondent) sued the defendant/appellant
(who shall hereinafter be referred to only as the appellant) and another (the 2nd
defendant) in the High Court, Kumasi claiming from them the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of possession of 1000 bags of sugar that the defendants were contracted to
convey per vehicle with registration number GN 384 Y&nbsp; a Renault 340 T t/truck from Tema to be
delivered in Kumasi but which bags of sugar were never delivered; or<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of the cost of the 1000 bags of sugar at the prevailing market price;<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
damages for breach of contract.<o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any
order(s) from the court.<o:p></o:p>The
case of the respondent (who described himself as ‘a transport officer and
transporter of ZIMBABWE Transport Co. Ltd., Berekum’) at the trial court may be
summarized as follows: he was engaged by Khawaja Brothers Co. Ltd. to convey
1000 bags of sugar from Tema to Kumasi. Because none of the vehicles in his
fleet was available to convey the goods, he ‘contracted the defendants’ truck
with registration number GN 384 Y …to convey the sugar from Tema to Kumasi.’
The vehicle was driven by its driver with his driver’s mate in attendance.
Whilst the loaded truck was on its way from Tema to Kumasi, he monitored its
movement by making several phone calls to the driver. After the estimated time
of the arrival in Kumasi of the vehicle and its sugar cargo had passed, he
tried to reach the driver of the vehicle still by phone but to no avail. The
sugar was thus never delivered to its destination in Kumasi as a result of
which Khawaja Brothers Co. Ltd. had demanded the 1000 bags of sugar or its
market value from him. &nbsp;Several weeks
later, the vehicle was found parked at the residence of the 2nd
defendant without the 1000 bags of sugar. The painstaking investigations of the
respondent and the police revealed that the vehicle belonged to the defendants
who ‘had reasonability for it’. Despite that fact, the defendants refused to
identify the driver ‘or show his location’ so that he could be arrested and interrogated
by the police. The respondent further averred that the 1000 bags of sugar h</main>