MOKAB COMPANY GH. LTD. vs. BRAGHA CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. [2015]DLCA5554

Date	2015-02-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/117/2014
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA5554

OWUSU M. (PRESIDING)

KORBIEH J.A.

DZAMEFE J.A.

MR. K. A. NSIAH-ASARE FOR RESPONDENT

MR. RAH-ADUSEI FOR APPELLANT

[2015]DLCA5554
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MOKAB COMPANY GH. LTD.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BRAGHA CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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SUIT NO: H1/117/2014&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; FEBRUARY 26, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. K. A. NSIAH-ASARE FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>OWUSU
M. (PRESIDING), KORBIEH J.A., DZAMEFE J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
18th July, 2012, the High Court, Accra, refused the
plaintiff/appellant company’s application for interlocutory injunction seeking
to restrain the defendant/respondent company either by itself, privies, through
its officers, workers, agents, servants, assigns, etc. from entering, using,
developing, selling, assigning, allocating or dealing in any manner whatsoever with
any portion or all that piece of land being the subject matter of this suit,
pending the final determination of this suit.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the High Court, the plaintiff/appellant appealed to the
Court of Appeal on the following ground:<o:p></o:p>“That
the ruling is against the weight of evidence adduced in support of the
application and the decision is manifestly unfair against the plaintiff”<o:p></o:p>Before
dealing with the arguments advanced in support and against this appeal, I will
give a brief background of this case.<o:p></o:p>By
its writ of summons, the plaintiff company claimed against the defendant
company the following:<o:p></o:p>“a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order for specific performance of the
17-8-2010 written agreement between the plaintiff and defendant and for the
defendant to transfer the title documents to the land referred to in paragraph
1 and Schedule ‘A’ of the Agreement, from its name to B &amp; M Company Limited
and all monies and benefits received from the sale/lease of portions of the
said land.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alternative to relief ‘A’ above, an
Order by way of specific performance for the defendant to transfer seventy-five
percent (75%) title ownership of the land, as referred to in paragraph 1 and
schedule ‘A’ of the 17-8-2010 Agreement, to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages in lieu of or in addition to
specific performance, as stated in paragraph ‘A’ or ‘B’ above.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on all sums found due and
payable to the plaintiff either pursuant to contract or pursuant to Rules 1 – 4
of Court (Award of Interest and post judgments interest) Rules 2005 (C. I. 52).<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs<o:p></o:p>f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Further or other reliefs as this Court
might deem fit.”<o:p></o:p>In
the statement of claim that accompanied the writ of summons, the plaintiff
averred that, by an Agreement dated 17-8-2010, the parties entered into a
Partnership Agreement to join funds to raise capital for the purchase of 30.11
acre land behind the Trade Fair site.&nbsp;
Pursuant to this Agreement, the parties established a company by name B
&amp; M Company Limited, for which all title documents on the land would be
transferred into after securing same.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>Additionally,
a business account was opened with Zenith Bank Ghana Ltd. For B &amp; M Company
Ltd, in which all proceeds of the project would be paid into.&nbsp; The plaintiff continued further that, the
initial capital for the purchase of the land was GH¢900,000 to which the plaintiff
paid GH¢450,000 representing 50% of its capital contribution for the land
purchased.&nbsp; <o:p</main>