MULTIGROUP CONSULTANTS LTD AND KWABENA BOADI-ABOAGYE vs. ELIZABETH DUFOUR POKU AND MICHAEL DUFOUR POKU [2016]DLCA5608

MULTIGROUP CONSULTANTS LTD AND KWABENA BOADI-ABOAGYE vs. ELIZABETH DUFOUR POKU... [2016]DLCA5608

Date	2016-04-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL N0: H1/114/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5608

S. MARFUL-SAU JA (PRESIDING)

A. M. DORDZIE JA

L. L. MENSAH JA

MARTIN AGYEI-SAMPONG FOR THE APPELLANT

ALIDU MOHAMMED FOR RESPONDENT

[2016]DLCA5608
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MULTIGROUP
CONSULTANTS LTD AND KWABENA BOADI-ABOAGYE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ELIZABETH
DUFOUR POKU AND MICHAEL DUFOUR POKU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENTS)<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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">CIVIL APPEAL N0: H1/114/2015<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">&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 APRIL, 2016<o:p></o:p>

ALIDU MOHAMMED FOR
RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">CORAM: <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">S.
MARFUL-SAU JA (PRESIDING), A. M. DORDZIE JA, L. L. MENSAH JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>AGNES
M.A. DORDZIE, JA:-<o:p></o:p>FACTS:<o:p></o:p>The
2nd defendant appellant Kwabena Boadi-Aboagye and Yaw Samuel Dufour-Poku
(deceased) were good friends. They both formed the 1st defendant company; the
two were the only directors and each of them owned 50% shares in the company.<o:p></o:p>Yaw
Samuel Dufour-Poku died in April 2005. The plaintiffs are his widow and son
respectively and the beneficiaries of his will. It is alleged by the plaintiffs
that the 2nd defendant at the death of their relative misrepresented facts
about his interest in the 1st defendant company to them. According to the
plaintiffs though the company is a limited liability company with the deceased
owning 50% of its shares the 2nd defendant presented to them that the business
is a partnership and paid GHc15,000 to the plaintiffs as the deceased's
interest in the alleged partnership.<o:p></o:p>According
to the plaintiffs it took a search at the Registrar General's Office to know
the state of affairs of the 1st defendant company and the interest the deceased
held in the said company. To the plaintiffs the affairs of the company are
being conducted in a manner which is oppressive to the interest of the estate
of the deceased as a director/ shareholder of the company and by extension the
interest of the plaintiffs. They therefore instituted an action in the High
Court Accra (commercial Division) praying for the following declarations:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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That the deceased Yaw
Samuel Dufour-Poku held 50% shares in the 1st defendant company prior to his
death in April 2005.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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That plaintiffs as the
devisees and beneficiaries of the will of the late Dufour-Poku they, or their
representatives are entitled to be registered as shareholders and directors of
the 1st defendant company to protect their interest; and a further order directed
at defendants to substitute the deceased with the plaintiffs or their chosen
representatives as shareholders and directors of the 1st defendant company.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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That the affairs of the
1st defendant company are being conducted in a manner oppressive to the interest
of the estate of the deceased<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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That having failed to
consult the plaintiffs or the executors or to involve them in a decision to
appoint Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi and Kingsford Daniel Laryea in 2008 as directors of
the company to replace the deceased, their appointment is null and void. <o:p></o:p>