ELIZABETH ASARE vs. KWABENA EBOW [2012]DLCA3125

Date	2012-04-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/50/2011
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA3125

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

F.G. KORBIEH J.A.

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

SARFO GYAMFI ESQR. FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

FREDRICK AGYARKWA ESQR. FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.

[2012]DLCA3125
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ELIZABETH ASARE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWABENA EBOW<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/50/2011&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;DATED: 27TH APRIL, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SARFO GYAMFI ESQR.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;
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FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.<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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</div>F.G.
KORBIEH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff/respondent in this appeal was at all material times a fuel or petrol
tanker driver whilst the defendant/appellant was the owner of a fuel tanker.
Sometime in 2005 the plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter referred to only as the
plaintiff) was employed by the defendant/appellant (hereinafter referred to
only as the defendant) to drive her fuel tanker with registration number AS
2072 F (the vehicle). It was the case of the plaintiff in his pleadings that the
parties agreed that the plaintiff would be paid GH₵150.00
per month for his services ‘which
plaintiff agreed rather desperately.’ (sic)
According to the plaintiff the defendant had also intimated to him that he (the
plaintiff) would not be paid any salary immediately because the defendant was
heavily indebted to the Ghana Oil Company and the plaintiff would only be paid
‘after the said debt had been fully liquidated.’ The plaintiff continued
further that he commenced the work as driver on the 16/1/2005 and worked until
November, 2007 at the monthly salary of GH₵150.00
but the defendant refused to pay him anything despite the intervention of his
father-in-law and one Auntie Afie. The plaintiff also contended that apart from
helping the defendant to liquidate her initial debt of GH₵5,400.00
(owed to the Ghana Oil Company) and another debt of GH₵6,000.00
(owed for the purchase of a replacement engine for the vehicle)he also incurred
an expenditure of GH₵145.00 for body works and
spraying of the vehicle to the knowledge of the defendant. It was again the
case of the plaintiff that despite all what he had done for the defendant, the
defendant had not only failed to pay him for the two years seven months he
worked for her but she had seized the keys to the vehicle from him and given
the vehicle to another driver. He further continued hat all attempts to settle
the matter amicably had failed. The plaintiff therefore issued a writ against
the defendant claiming from her the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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The total salary due him from 16/1/2005 to
23/11/2007 amounting to GH₵4,650.00.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the said amount from November,
2007 to the date of final payment at the current bank rate.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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The total cost of repairs on vehicle no. AS
2072 F amounting to GH₵145.00 plus interest
thereon.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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