BERNARD TURKSON vs. NANA KWADWO ADJEI [2015]DLCA4501

Date	2015-01-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/43/2014
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA4501

OWUSU M. (PRESIDING)

ACQUAYE J.A.

DZAMEFE J.A.

NII APATU PLANGE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

MR. J. K. YEBOAH FOR THE DEFEDANT/APPELLANT

[2015]DLCA4501
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BERNARD TURKSON <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA KWADWO ADJEI<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO:&nbsp; H1/43/2014&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: 22ND JANUARY, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NII APATU PLANGE FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
J. K. YEBOAH FOR THE DEFEDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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OWUSU
M. (PRESIDING), ACQUAYE J.A., DZAMEFE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
13-6-2011, the High Court, Accra, gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff
against defendant for the recovery of the sum of GH¢40,000 with interest from 1st
January, 2008 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the High Court, the defendant appealed to the Court of
Appeal on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the evidence on record cannot support the judgment of the trial High Court.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
trial High Court made a wrong finding of fact that the forty thousand Ghana
cedis cheque issued by the plaintiff to the defendant was the financial
assistance offered by the plaintiff to the defendant.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Additional
grounds of appeal will be filed on receipt of the record of proceedings.<o:p></o:p>On
14-2-2014, the defendant filed additional ground of appeal pursuant to leave
granted by this court.&nbsp; It reads as
follows:<o:p></o:p>“That the trial High Court wrongly in
law shifted the burden of proof from the plaintiff to the defendant and in
consequence thereof, made conclusions in favour of the plaintiff against the
defendant that were not borne out by the evidence of the plaintiff thereby
occasioning a gross miscarriage of justice to the defendant/appellant”<o:p></o:p>Before
dealing with the arguments advanced in support and against this appeal, I will
give a brief background of the case.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff/respondent herein referred to as plaintiff by his writ of summons
claims:<o:p></o:p>i.