MARIQUE TRADING ENTERPRISE LTD vs. FRANCIS KUMI DEFENDANT [2016]DLHC4056

Date	2016-12-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO. RPC 13/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC4056

SAMUEL OBENG DIAWUO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

AVIO BABA FOR PLAINTIFF

DANIEL SEKYERE FOR DEFENDANT.

[2016]DLHC4056
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MARIQUE TRADING
ENTERPRISE LTD<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FRANCIS KUMI DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT
(COMMERCIAL DIVISION), KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT&nbsp;NO. RPC 13/2015&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; DATE: 22ND
DECEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL
<o:p></o:p>AVIO BABA FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.45pt;margin-right:0in;
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</div>Per its
writ of summons issued out of the registry of this Court on the 3rd day of
September, 2014, the Plaintiff claimed against the Defendant the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An amount of GHØ43,802.00 being balance
of fish supplied the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; interest on the said sum at the
prevailing lending bank rate from &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; February,2014
till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs, including lawyer’s fees.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The case for the Plaintiff<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the
pleadings the Plaintiff made the following relevant averments: -<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>"1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff &nbsp;is a Company incorporated under the laws of
Ghana and dealing in &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the wholesale
distribution of fish<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Defendant is a customer of the
Plaintiff<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff avers that between November,
2013 and February, 2014, and at the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; request
of Defendant it supplied Defendant with fish<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff avers that Defendant has made
some payment leaving a balance of<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GH₡43,802.00<o:p></o:p>