ATSU MAWULI GORNI-ATTIPOE vs. NANA KWAME ADUSEI AND 3 ORS [2016]DLHC12120

Date	2016-01-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AC 65/2012
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC12120

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU (J)

VICTOR KWADZOGA ADAWUDU WITH SAMIR IBRAHIM FOR PLAINTIFF

[2016]DLHC12120
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ATSU MAWULI GORNI-ATTIPOE<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

NANA KWAME ADUSEI AND 3 ORS<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

SUIT NO.
AC 65/2012&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: 27TH&nbsp;&nbsp;JANUARY 2016<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE
R. B. BATU (J)<o:p></o:p>

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By
the endorsement of his writ of summons the reliefs the Plaintiff seeks from the
Defendants are:<o:p></o:p>

“(a) A sum of $75,000.00 from first and second Defendants and another
sum of $100,000.00 from the 3rd and 4th Defendants being money owed him or in the alternative a reasonable amount
for works done on quantum
meruit basis.<o:p></o:p>

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An interest on the said sum<o:p></o:p>

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(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost of litigation and legal fees<o:p></o:p>

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(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any further orders(s)
as this Honourable Court may deem fit”<o:p></o:p>

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The
basis of Plaintiff’s claim is that he was engaged as an agent by the 1st
and 2nd Defendants to sell some landed property at Ridge, in Accra. He was given One Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars as the price of the property. His commission for facilitating the sale was to be 5% of the purchase price. He facilitated the sale but the 1st and 2nd Defendants have refused to