N.D.K. FINANCIAL SERVICES vs. JOSEPH ADE COKER [2016]DLCA5222

Date	2016-11-17
Suit No.	CIVIL SUIT NO: H1/100/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5222

M. OWUSU

(J.A.) – PRESIDING

HONYENUGA (J.A.)

TANKO (J.A.)

[2016]DLCA5222
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >N.D.K. FINANCIAL SERVICES<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOSEPH ADE COKER<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT
/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL SUIT NO: H1/100/2015&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;17TH
NOVEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>M. OWUSU, (J.A.) – PRESIDING, HONYENUGA
(J.A.), TANKO (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>On
26th Da y of September, 2014, the High Court, (Fast Track Division)
Accra, dismissed the plaintiff’s claim for specific performance of the Sales
Agreement between the parties as not proved.<o:p></o:p>The
Court however ordered the defendant to refund the US10, 000 paid by the
plaintiff by way of doing justice although not asked for.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Dissatisfied with the decision of the trial
court, the plaintiff filed the instant appeal at the Court of Appeal
complaining about the whole judgment.<o:p></o:p>The
Grounds of Appeal are;<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The judge erred in law by admitting
extrinsic evidence to contradict terms of the agreement between the parties on
the pretext that there was lacunae in the agreement;<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The trial judge’s finding of fact that
Plaintiff/Appellant failed to prove that he is entitled to remedy of specific
performance is erroneous and cannot be supported by the evidence on record;<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The trial judge’s finding of fact that
Plaintiff/Appellant could not prove any breach of the contract on the part of
the Defendant/Respondent is erroneous and cannot be supported by the evidence
on record;<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The trial judge’s finding of fact that the
parties did not set out all the terms of the contract is erroneous and cannot
be supported by the evidence on record;<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The trial judge’s finding of fact that
Defendant/Respondent put up a new two-storey house on the land after the
signing of the contract is unsupportable;<o:p></o:p>f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The trial judge’s finding of fact that
Plaintiff/Appellant’s evidence is unreliable cannot be supported by the
evidence on record;<o:p></o:p>g.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The trial judge was wrong and unfairly
exercised his discretion by refusing to grant the remedy of specific
performance to the Plaintiff/Appellant;<o:p></o:p>