KWAME BOAMAH vs. MENKISH IMPEX LIMITED [2012]DLCA3213

Date	2012-02-24
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/03/2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA3213

JUSTICE FRANCIS G KORBIEH JA [PRESIDING]

JUSTICE IRENE C DANQUAH JA

JUSTICE ROBIN B. BATU JA

[2012]DLCA3213
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWAME BOAMAH<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MENKISH IMPEX LIMITED<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0"><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. H1/03/2012&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 24TH
FEBRUARY, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&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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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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JUSTICE
FRANCIS G KORBIEH JA [PRESIDING], JUSTICE IRENE C DANQUAH JA, JUSTICE ROBIN B.
BATU JA<o:p></o:p>

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

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>IRENE
C DANQUAH JA<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal
emanating from the decision of the High Court, Kumasi delivered on 9th
May 2010.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff is a Limited
Liability Company and engages in wholesale and retail of linoleum carpets.&nbsp; The Plaintiff claims that at various
occasions until 12th February 2008, it supplied the Defendant
quantities of&nbsp; linoleum carpets in
respect of which the Defendant/Appellant is indebted to the Plaintiff in the
sum of GH¢12,550.00.&nbsp; The Plaintiff
therefore sued for the said sum together with interest at the prevailing bank
lending rate till the date of final payment. <o:p></o:p>The Defendant denied the
claim of the Plaintiff and in his defence alleged that the Plaintiff and its
agents entered his shop in his absence and made away with carpets worth GH¢96,250.00
which was later amended to read GH¢32,060.00.&nbsp;
The Defendant therefore counterclaimed for:<o:p></o:p>“
a.&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of GH¢32,060.00 worth of
linoleum carpets collected illegally and unlawfully from Defendant’s shop by
the Plaintiff’s company &nbsp;representative
and their agent on 27th June 2008.<o:p></o:p>b.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
that the illegal retrieval of Defendants carpets mentioned supra was an
infringement of the constitutional and proprietary rights of the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>c.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General/Special
and exemplary damages.”<o:p></o:p>After the trial, the Court
gave judgment which is partially in favour of the Plaintiff and dismissed
completely the Defendant’s counterclaim.&nbsp;
Dissatisfied with the said judgment, the Defendant appealed to this
Court on 31st May 2011 seeking by way of relief to have the judgment
of 9th May 2001 reversed and set aside and judgment entered in
favour of Defendant/Appellant.<o:p></o:p>The grounds of appeal as contained
in the Notice of Appeal filed by the Defendant are as follows:<o:p></o:p>“1.&nbsp;
That the judgment is against the weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;
That the trial judge erred when he dismissed the unchallenged evidence
of DW2.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;
That the trial erred in failing to award damages against the
Plaintiff/Respondent for an infringement of the constitutional and proprietary
right of the Defendant/Appellant.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;
Additional grounds may be filed on receipt of the record of proceedings”.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff also
dissatisfied with the partial judgment given in its favour on 7th
June 2011 filed Notice of Intention to contend that the judgment be varied on
the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>“The judge erred in deducting the sum
of GH¢12,400.00 paid to employees of the Plaintiff/Respondent in respect of
goods supplied to </main>