BERNARD TURKSON vs. NANA KWADWO ADJEI [2015]DLCA8011

Date	2015-01-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/43/2014
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8011

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]DLCA8011
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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><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA KWADWO ADJEI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT)<o:p></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: 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; &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:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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OWUSU M., (PRESIDING),
ACQUAYE J.A., DZAMEFE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></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>