HBM COMPACT LTD vs PROTEUS LTD. [2016]DLHC9059

Date	2016-04-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO. RPC 33/15
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC9059

JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

RAYMOND BAGNABU ESQ. OF PWAMANG & ASSOCIATES COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

CARDINAL LAW GROUP COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

[2016]DLHC9059
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HBM COMPACT LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>PROTEUS LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT,
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NO. RPC 33/15&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 18TH APRIL, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>RAYMOND BAGNABU,
ESQ., OF PWAMANG &amp; ASSOCIATES, COUNSEL 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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CARDINAL LAW GROUP, COUNSEL FOR
DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff is a limited liability company
duly registered under the laws of the Republic of Ghana to carry out various
businesses including the supply of building materials and other hardware.&nbsp; The Defendant is a construction firm carrying
out various constructions within the city of Accra.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the Plaintiff’s writ of
summons and the supporting statement of claim, the Plaintiff claims against the
Defendant, the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “(a)&nbsp; payment of the sum of GH¢178,500 being the
cost of 5,100 bags of cement supplied the defendant company which defendant
company has failed and/or refused to pay for.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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Interest
on the sum in (a) from the 23rd October, 2014 till date of final
payment.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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Costs.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The material facts which gave rise to
the matter as recounted in Plaintiff’s statement of claim are as follows.&nbsp; Sometime in mid-2014, in fulfilment of a
contract with the Defendant to supply cement on credit basis, payable on
delivery, to the Defendant, Plaintiff supplied the Defendant with twenty-one
(21) truckloads of cement, each truckload consisting of 850 bags of
cement.&nbsp; Upon delivery, the Defendant
paid for fifteen (15) truckloads, leaving six (6) truckloads unpaid for.&nbsp; These six truck loads consisted of a total of
5,100 bags of cement valued at GH¢178,500.00
at the unit cost of GH¢35.00 per bag.&nbsp; Upon the failure of the Defendant to pay for
the remaining cement as agreed, on 23rd October, 2014, Plaintiff
sent a demand notice to the Defendant, who still refused to pay up.&nbsp; The Defendant then instructed its lawyer to
write a letter to the Managing Director of the Plaintiff Company and another
gentleman named Rufai, an official of Defendant’s company admitting that even
though the Defendant owed the Plaintiff, the Defendant would not honour this
debt.&nbsp; It is Plaintiff’s claim that it
caused its lawyers to respond to the said letter.&nbsp; Finally, Plaintiff avers that the Defendant
Company, through its Managing Director, has evinced an intent not to pay up the
debt unless it is compelled by this honourable court so to do.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
evidence of the record establishes that on 10th February, 2014,
Joseph K. Gyimah, Esq. of Kontonkyi Chambers filed an entry of appearance on
behalf of the Defendant.&nbsp; Counsel
followed this up with a statement of defence filed on 25th February,
2015 with the registry of this Court.<o:p></o:p>