KOURANI KDOUH CO LTD vs. SAHEL-SAHARA BANK (GH) LTD [2017]DLCA5178

Date	2017-06-01
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO.: H1/66/17
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5178

K. A. ACQUAYE JA (Presiding)

B. ACKAH-YENSU JA

S. K. GYAN JA

MR. STEPHEN OPOKU FOR APPELLANT

MS. ROSEMAY BAAH FOR RESPONDENT

[2017]DLCA5178
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOURANI KDOUH CO LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SAHEL-SAHARA BANK (GH)
LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL SUIT NO.: H1/66/17&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 1ST JUNE, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. STEPHEN OPOKU FOR
APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MS.
ROSEMAY BAAH FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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K.
A. ACQUAYE JA (Presiding), B. ACKAH-YENSU JA, S. K. GYAN JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>ACKAH-YENSU,
JA<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff/Appellant,
Kourani Kdouh Co Limited instituted an action against the Defendant/Respondent,
Sahel-Sahara Bank (Gh) Limited on 13th January 2015, claiming the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The amount of US$10,000.00 being the
money the Plaintiff deposited into his USD account number 1121045109002.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest
on the said US$10,000.00 from 2012 to date.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Legal
costs<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
Damages<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any
other order(s) this Honourable Court may deem fit”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The case of the
Plaintiff/Appellant (hereinafter to be referred to simply as “the Appellant”) was
that the Plaintiff/Company was a client of the Defendant/Respondent (also to be
referred to hereinafter as “the Respondent”). The Appellant operated two (2)
United States Dollar accounts (numbers 1121045109002 and 1123045109002) at the
Madina Branch of Respondent Bank. Sometime in 2012, the Appellant deposited
US$10,000 into account number 1121045109002.&nbsp;
Thereafter, all efforts to retrieve the said amount from the account
were blocked by Respondent Bank without just cause, and attempts to resolve the
matter amicably proved futile.&nbsp; The
Appellant therefore instituted t</main>