[2016]DLHC11887 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">AGYA ADU<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>ENTERPRISE<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">LIMITED, KWA</span>DWO<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">ADU</span></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. BC/113/2014 DATE: 29<sup>TH</sup> NOVEMBER 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:286.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">RAMONA<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>ABUGABE<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>FOR<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt">PLAINTIFF</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SAMMY TAY<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">PATIENCE-MILLS TETTEH</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.85pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">By the Plaintiff’s writ of summons and statement of claim dated 27/11/13 the plaintiff bank is claiming against the 1<sup>st</sup><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>and 2<sup>nd</sup> defendants<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>limited<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>liability<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>Company<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>shareholder<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Director respectively,<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>jointly and severally<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:43.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:99%">1.<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-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An order directed at the defendants to pay to the plaintiffs the sum of sixty-three thousand and two hundred and fifty-six Ghana Cedis and fifty four pesewas, (GH¢63, 256.54) being the balance outstanding as at September, 2013 on the credit facility granted the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant by the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.85pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:43.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:99%">2.<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-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Interest on sixty-three thousand and two hundred and fifty-six Ghana cedis and fifty four pesewas (GH¢63,256.54) from September 2013 till the date of final<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>payment or in the alternative an order for the judicial sale of the mortgaged property described in the mortgage deed dated 24/11/2004 in satisfaction of the judgment debt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">THE<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>CASE<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>OF<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>THE<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">PLAINTIFF</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The plaintiff is a financial institution licensed under the laws of Ghana<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>to do business of banking, with its head office located at ADB House, 37 Independent Avenue Accra and the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant is a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Ghana, and