KRANYARKO FARMS LIMITED vs. ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA [2016]DLCA4730

Date	2016-01-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO.H1/47/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4730

OFOE J.A

ADUAMA-OSE J.A

WELBOURNE(MRS).J.A

ANTHONY BOATENG FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

SEYRAM DARBI FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2016]DLCA4730
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KRANYARKO FARMS LIMITED <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF
GHANA
<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
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SUIT NO.H1/47/2015&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: 21ST JANUARY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ANTHONY BOATENG FOR
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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SEYRAM
DARBI FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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OFOE
&nbsp;J.A, ADUAMA-OSE J.A, WELBOURNE(MRS).J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>OFOE,J.A:<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff is in the Poultry Farm
business located in the Nsawam District. It has a Hatchery as part of the
business. For its power supply it relies on the defendant electricity company
and therefore bound by all the rules and regulations of the defendant company.
These rules include payment of the electricity bills as and when submitted by
the defendant. Somewhere in the year 2010 the plaintiff fell into arrears of
the electricity bill payments. It therefore became necessary for the defendant
to enter into a Debt Rescheduling Agreement by which the plaintiff was to pay
the debt over six months. The installment payments of the debt was to be by GH¢1,500
each month together with the monthly bills &nbsp;of electricity consumed by the defendant. That
is to say he was under obligation, in terms of the rescheduled agreement, to
pay each particular month’s electric consumption together with the amount of
GH¢1500. The agreement was tendered as exhibit B found at page 208 of the
record of appeal and concerns a particular account/meter that billed the
consumption of electricity to the Hatchery. It is important to note that the
plaintiff had other meters in his farm: one for the residential area, the other
for the poultry and one for the Hatchery. The agreement further provided that
receipts of any payments shall be shown to the Revenue Management Officer or
the District Manager. The agreement shall be deemed to be terminated in the
event of failure by the customer to honour the terms of payment and electricity
supply to the customer may be disconnected without any further notice.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the 20th of May 2011 the
defendant caused electric power supply to the plaintiff’s poultry farm to be
disconnected alleging that the plaintiff was owing in breach of the Debt
Rescheduling Agreement. It is the case of the plaintiff that he persistently
and consistently denied the debt but the defendant still went ahead to
disconnect. This was not denied. Believing that the disconnection was unlawful
and had caused damage to its business it sued the defendant in the trial High
Court claiming: <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“a. Special Damages of GH¢66,600<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;b. Interest on the GH¢66,600 at the prevailing
bank rate &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from the 26th May 2011 to date
of final payment<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;c. General Damages<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;d. Cost”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff provided the particulars of
special damages as follows<o:p></o:p><</main>