[2013]DLCA3603 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">MR. COLLINS OTOO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">SOLOMON PUPULAMPO AND EMMANUEL MANU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> [COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/117/2013 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DATE: 19</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">TH </span></sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">DECEMBER, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">CORAM: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">KUSI APPIAH J.A (PRESIDING)</span><b><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">ACQUAYE, J.A</span><b><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">SOWAH (MRS), J.A</span><b><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">SOWAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The background facts to this present appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">On 24<sup>th</sup> June 2009, the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant /appellant herein [hereinafter called the appellant] who was the plaintiff in the Tema High Court Suit No H1/117/2013 obtained summary judgment against the plaintiff/respondent herein [hereinafter referred to simply as the respondent] who was the defendant in that suit for the sum of GH¢30,000.00 with bank interest thereon and costs of GH¢2,000.00. The trial judge entered the summary judgment based on a letter written by the respondents’ lawyer explicitly admitting that the respondent took the amount of money claimed by the appellant but on behalf of a Mr. Manu [sic Mainoo] who was not a party in that Suit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The respondent appealed the summary judgment to the Court of Appeal. The grounds of appeal were as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-indent:-31.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The learned High Court Judge erred in law when he entered summary judgment against the defendant/appellant on a claim by the plaintiff/respondent which is based entirely on an allegation of fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify; text-indent:-31.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The learned High Court Judge erred when he failed to consider the defence of the appeal that Mr. Emmanuel Mainoo’s acceptance of liability for the payment of the sum of GH¢30,000.00 to the respondent is an issue that ought to be determined by the court.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The Court of Appeal stayed execution of the judgment on terms; namely that the respondent pay the debt of GH¢30,000.00 and costs of GH¢2,000.00 into court. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The appeal was subsequently heard and was dismissed on 19<sup>th</sup> July, 2012 in a judgment to be found at pages 25-33 of this Record of Appeal. The Court of Appeal held inter alia that the claim of the appellant contained two causes of action, namely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">A specific claim for the sum of GH</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">₵</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">30,000 being financial assistance and interest thereon, and </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">General and exemplary damages for fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It held that the trial judge had been right in