POLY KRAFT (GH) LIMITED vs. SUNRIDGE CO. LTD. [2016]DLHC9066

Date	2016-07-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. RPC/349/14
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC9066

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

EMMA OWUSU-MARFO ESQ. (HOLDING BRIEF FOR ISAAC OSEI BONSU ESQ.) OF MINKA-PREMO & CO. AKOSOMBO CHAMBERS ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF.

NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF SUNRIDGE CO. LTD. DODOWA DEFENDANT.

[2016]DLHC9066
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >POLY KRAFT (GH) LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SUNRIDGE CO. LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT,
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>EMMA OWUSU-MARFO,
ESQ. (HOLDING BRIEF FOR ISAAC OSEI BONSU, ESQ.) OF MINKA-PREMO &amp; CO.,
AKOSOMBO CHAMBERS, ACCRA, 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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NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF
SUNRIDGE CO. LTD., DODOWA, DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP 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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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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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 for the purpose of
selling or supplying cardboards.&nbsp; The
Defendant is also a limited liability company registered under the laws of the
Republic of Ghana and deals in the bottling and boxing of Safina Mineral Water.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the Plaintiff’s statement
of claim, the Plaintiff claims against the Defendant the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>“a. The payment of the sum of GH¢30,556.97 being the outstanding balance
owed the Plaintiff as at 31st August, 2013.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
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Interest
on the above sum at the prevailing bank rate from September, 2013 till date of
final payment.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
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Cost.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The material facts which gave rise to
the matter before me are as follows.&nbsp; The
Plaintiff avers that between the period of January 15, 2013 and August 31,
2013, it agreed to sell and/or to supply to the Defendant company cardboards on
credit basis based on an oral agreement it had with the defendant company.&nbsp; Per the terms of this oral agreement, the
defendant was afforded thirty (30) days to make payment on every invoice
raised.&nbsp; The Plaintiff avers further that
the Defendant company made some payments leaving an outstanding balance of
Thirty Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty-Six Ghana Cedis and Ninety Pesewas (GH¢30,556.97)
as at 1st September, 2013.<o:p></o:p>&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; <o:p></o:p>It is the claim of the Plaintiff that
the Defendant has failed or neglected to pay the balance outstanding in the sum
of Thirty Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty-Six Ghana Cedis and Ninety Pesewas
(GH¢30,556.97) in spite of repeated demands made on it to pay same.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>