[2016]DLCA4845 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">HFC BANK GHANA) LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"">(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">JACOB ABEKA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">(</span></i></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT</span></i></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">)</span></i></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"">CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/34/2015</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DATE: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">21<sup>ST</sup> DECEMBER, 2016</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">YAHAYA ADAM BRAIMAH FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">KWAME BOAFO FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"">CORAM: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING), TORKORNOO (MRS) J. A, DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J. A.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">TORKORNOO (MRS), J.A.<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The background facts of this case were largely accepted by the parties. The Defendant/Respondent is the customer of the Plaintiff/ Appellant bank. Between June and August of 2008, the Appellant allowed the Respondent to overdraw from his account up to GH¢200,000 to enable him pay for the construction of a warehouse. Though there was no facility agreement over the overdraft, the Respondent deposited the title deed of property situate at Plot No. 31 Block ADB Parakuo Estate, Adiembra, Kumasi as security for the credit facility. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Thereafter, the Respondent failed to pay off the debit balance on his account. The Appellant’s amended Statement of Claim was for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Recovery of the sum of One Hundred and Thirty-one Thousand, One Hundred and Forty-Nine Ghana cedis, Fourteen Ghana pesewas (GH¢131,149.14) inclusive of interest being outstanding balance of an overdraft facility extended to Defendant by Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">b.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Interest at the prevailing bank rate from 1<sup>st</sup> May, 2011 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">c.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line