JONATHAN ARTHUR vs. KWAME DAVID [2016]DLHC4267

Date	2016-01-29
Suit No.	SUIT NO. RPC/71/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC4267

SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU

MR. OPOKU BOATENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MR. KINGSLEY KWASITSU FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2016]DLHC4267
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">JONATHAN ARTHUR<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWAME DAVID&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. RPC/71/2014&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 29TH JANUARY, 2016 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. OPOKU BOATENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU,
JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>By a writ of summons issued on the 18th
February, 2014 the plaintiff claims against the defendant:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; border: none;">An order for the recovery of GH₵99, 900 being the outstanding amount
 owed plaintiff by the defendant as at 31st December, 2013.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; border: none;">Interest thereon at the prevailing bank
 rate from 1st January, 2014 up to the date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; border: none;">Cost.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>The defendant entered Appearance after the service on
him of the plaintiff’s writ and its accompanying statement of claim and then
filed a statement of defence, wherein he counterclaimed for <o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; border: none;">General damages against the plaintiff
 for malicious prosecution after the defendant suffered loss and damage
 assessed at GH₵150,000.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; border: none;">Legal cost.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>When pre-trial settlement proceedings failed
to yield any fruitful result, the matter was set down for hearing at which the
plaintiff gave evidence and closed his case without calling any witness.
Likewise, the defendant also gave evidence and announced the closure of his
case without calling further evidence.<o:p></o:p>The facts of the case are that the parties
became friends at a time when the plaintiff was a staff at the Standard
Chartered Bank and the defendant a customer of the Bank. The defendant who was
ordinarily resident in Cyprus, needed financial assistance to enable him pay
for customs duties and other clearing charges at the port so he could take
delivery of some goods he had shipped into the country. The defendant therefore
contacted the plaintiff who arranged for some funds for the defendant. Later,
when the defendant was not forthcoming with the repayment, the plaintiff
reported the matter to the police who got in touch with the defendant through
the Interpol in Cyprus. Finally, when the defendant came down to Ghana, the
police arrested him and after sometime, the plaintiff issued the instant writ
against the defendant claiming the sum endorsed on the writ of summons.<o:p></o:p>The first issue that crops up from the
pleadings for determination is whether or not defendant requested for funding
to which the plaintiff provided GH₵29,093 at an agreed
interest o</main>