NANA AKAKLI IV (PLAINTIFF) vs. G.P.R.T.U REGIONAL SECRETARIAT & ANOR (DEFENDANT) [2016]DLHC7337

Date	2016-03-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BDC/16/13
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC7337

HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).

B. T. AGBLEY FOR PLAINTIFF

NKRABEA EFFAH DARTEH FOR DEFENDANTS

[2016]DLHC7337
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA AKAKLI
IV<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>G.P.R.T.U
REGIONAL SECRETARIAT &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[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. BDC/16/13&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:
22ND MARCH, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>B.
T. AGBLEY 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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NKRABEA
EFFAH DARTEH FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>The 1st and 2nd Defendants
entered into an agreement whereby he 2nd Defendant gave the 1st
Defendant some number of buses to be sold to its members on hire purchase.&nbsp; This was in 2008.&nbsp; The Plaintiff acquired one of these buses on
hire-purchase.&nbsp; By the hire-purchase
agreement the Plaintiff was required to complete payment of the cost of bus
within 36 months.&nbsp; It was agreed between
the 1st Defendant and the Plaintiff that the latter effected payment
of GH¢1,400.00 per months.&nbsp; In the course
of time the 2nd Defendant acting upon a list of defaulters given to
it by the 1st Defendant, embarked on a nationwide exercise and
impounded the vehicle which the Plaintiff acquired through the hire-purchase.<o:p></o:p>The ensuing misunderstanding has brought the
parties to Court.&nbsp; The Plaintiff
therefore asked for the following reliefs:-<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;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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declaration that the hire purchase agreement of July 2008 between the Plaintiff
and Defendants was valid, legal and binding on the parties.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><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;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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declaration of bona fide ownership, interest and title to the said vehicle in
the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><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;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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declaration that the Defendants’ seizure of the bus was wrongful, fraudulent
and illegal.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><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;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order to the Defendants releasing the said bus to the Plaintiff and in
serviceable and roadworthiness condition, including repair of all mechanical,
physical damages caused by the Defendants and their agents to the front
fenders, the windscreen or in the alternative costs for the repair of all
damages on the bus.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><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;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of lost daily sales from 21st December, 2011 at GH¢240.00 per day
with interest to th</main>