NANA SERWAA CAIQUO vs. KWADJO BENIN APPIAH [2015]DLHC6275

Date	2015-10-29
Suit No.	Suit No. RPC/372/13
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC6275

JENNIFER DODOO (MRS)

KWAKU BOADU FOR PLAINTIFF

EMMANUEL LARBI AMOAH FOR DEFENDANT

[2015]DLHC6275
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA SERWAA CAIQUO<o:p></o:p>{PLAINTIFF}<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWADJO BENIN APPIAH<o:p></o:p>{DEFENDANT}<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION),
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Suit
No. RPC/372/13&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: 29TH OCTOBER 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWAKU
BOADU FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EMMANUEL
LARBI AMOAH FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>JENNIFER
DODOO (MRS) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Plaintiff caused a writ to be issued out of the Registry of this court against
the Defendant for an amount of GH¢36,600.00&nbsp;
being total amount of money advanced to him together with interest at
the prevailing bank rate from 1st April 2013 till date of final
payment.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It
was the Plaintiff’s case that between March 2012 and March 2013, she advanced
sums of money to the Defendant which he was supposed to repay on or before 1st
April 2013.&nbsp; He had failed to do so.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Defendant in his defence said he had only received an amount of GH¢7,000.00
from the Plaintiff which he had requested for payment of his children’s school
fees and for repairs he had undertaken on his car.&nbsp; He said he was never made aware that these
sums had been given to him as a loan which had to be repaid.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>He
contended in his defence that he had entered into an amorous relationship with
the Plaintiff in which she prepared food and bought him gifts which included a
watch, mobile phone and rice cooker.&nbsp;
When the relationship fell on the rocks, she had decided to issue this
writ claiming the amounts endorsed on the writ.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Plaintiff in her Reply denied the Defendant’s version of events saying she had
been happily married for 19 years and reiterated that the Defendant owed her
the amounts as claimed.&nbsp; She stated that
he even introduced his friend, one Kenneth Danso to her and the said Kenneth
Danso had even borrowed GH¢50,000.00 off her.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Five
issues were set down for trial which are:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Whether
 or not the Defendant solicited various amounts from the Plaintiff
 amounting to GH¢36,600.00?<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Whether
 or not such amounts collected were borrowings from the Plaintiff?<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Whether
 or not the Defendant had refunded any of such amounts borrowed from the
 Plaintiff to the Plaintiff?<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Whether
 or not the Defendant introduced his friend Kenneth Danso to obtain a loan
 from the Plaintiff?<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Whether
 or not the Plaintiff is entitled to her claim?<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Whether
or not the Defendant solicited various amounts from the Plaintiff amounting to
GH¢36.600.00?<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Plaintiff has given oral evidence in respect of her claim.&nbsp; She also tendered in evidence Exhibits A and
B which she says evidences the fact that she gave out money to the Defendant.&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibit A consists of recordings she has
made in her diary.&nbsp; Exhibit B is a
tabulation of the amounts indicated against the dates she says she gave out the
loans.&nbsp; The Defendant has cast aspersions
on these recordings in his cross examination of the Plaintiff.&nbsp; This is what transpired on 14th
April 2015 at pp 1-3:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Q:
You brought a diary which year is that diary?<o:p></o:p>