DR. ALEX PUPULAMPU (DECEASED) vs. SASTIN LIMITED [2017]DLCA5009

Date	2017-07-13
Suit No.	CIVILAPPEAL N0. H1/52 /2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5009

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

A.DORDZIE J.A.

M. AGYEMANG J.A.

ALBERT QUASHIGAH FOR RESPONDENT

ADELE ACOLATSE FOR APPELLANT

[2017]DLCA5009
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DR. ALEX PUPULAMPU (DECEASED)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">(DEFENDANT /APPELLANT<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SASTIN LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF /RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL 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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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVILAPPEAL N0. H1/52 /2017&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:&nbsp;&nbsp; 13TH JULY 2017&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;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ALBERT QUASHIGAH
FOR RESPONDENT<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>MARIAMA OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING), A.DORDZIE J.A., M.
AGYEMANG J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>DORDZIE, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>This is an
interlocutory appeal from the ruling of the High Court, Accra dated 10th
October 2016.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff who is the respondent in this appeal
sued the defendant one Dr. Puplampu (deceased) for breach of contract. The
defendant died in the course of proceedings, the suit is being pursued against
his estate and the wife, who representsthe estate had been substituted as the
defendant in the suit.<o:p></o:p>FACTS:<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff is a salt mining company, the parties
entered an agreement dated 13th February 2006 whereby the defendant
was to install a B-Transformer (Pump/Compressor) at the plaintiff company’s
site at Kokodo in the Central Region for salt production at a cost of USD10,
000<o:p></o:p>For one reason or the other up to January 2007 the
defendant failed to install the B-Transformer. The plaintiff maintain that it
had paid the substantial part of the contract sum but the defendant failed to
perform his side of the contract which is to install the B-Transformer. His
delay in installing the B-Transformer has frustrated the plaintiff’s business
hence this action praying for <o:p></o:p>i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages
for breach of contract<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the
damages from the date of the award to the date of payment <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost.<o:p></o:p>