[2014]DLHC17352 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><a name="_Hlk154138250"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">OMAR AHMED BEKURE<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">ATIWA QUARRIES LTD AND<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">THE MANAGING DIRECTOR ATIWA QUARRIES LTD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)</span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt 168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""> </span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">Suit No. RPC/387/13 DATE: 18<sup>TH</sup> NOVEMBER 2014</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">JOHNNY ADEKU FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">KWAME GYAN FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">JENNIFER DODOO (MRS)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:326.9pt"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Plaintiff’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>claim<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>jointly<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>severally<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>amount of $58,000.00 or its cedi equivalent together with interest at the prevailing bank rate from 19<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span></span>September 2013 till date of final payment being the outstanding amount of the purchase price of a Liebherr Excavator. In the alternative, the Plaintiff also sued for the immediate return of the Plaintiff’s Excavator and also the daily rental charge of the Excavator pegged at GH¢2,000.00 a day for the number of days the Excavator had been with the Defendant.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>The Plaintiff also prayed the court to order the Defendant to pay for any damage caused to the Excavator whilst in the Defendants’ custody.<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>The Plaintiff also applied for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants, their agents, assigns, privies and workmen from using or working with the Plaintiff’s Excavator.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The Defendants in their Statement of Defence stated that it was a mutual agreement<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>between<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>1<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">st<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span></span>Defendant<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>latter<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt"> </span>pick up the Excavator and to pay for same in installments at its convenience.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>The 2<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">nd </span>Defendant contended that since he neither entered<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>into any contract of sale and purchase agreement with the Plaintiff nor guaranteed payment of 1<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">st<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span></span>Defendant’s debt, he had been wrongly joined to the instant suit.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>He submitted that 1<sup><span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise: 4.5pt">st</span></sup><span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise: 4.5pt"> </span>Defendant<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>limited<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>liability<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>company<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>full<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>capacity<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>sue<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>sued<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>and therefore a juristic person whom the Plaintiff could proceed against.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0in;line