CHRISPOD LIMITED vs. WESTERN AUTOMOBILE CENTER LTD [2017]DLHC11902

Date	2017-02-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AC 612/2013
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC11902

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE PATIENCE-MILLS TETTEH

ANTHONY BOATENG FOR PLAINTIFF

GEORGE BEKAI FOR DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC11902
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CHRISPOD LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>WESTERN AUTOMOBILE CENTER LTD<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0"> <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. AC 612/2013&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: 28TH&nbsp;&nbsp;FEBRUARY 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">COUNSEL&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; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">ANTHONY BOATENG
FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE PATIENCE-MILLS
TETTEH<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>The
plaintiff herein has taken the position that his contract of sale and purchase
agreement with the defendant could not be renegotiated ex post facto even
though she has conducted herself otherwise and complied with all the
renegotiated terms which occurred after the initial
delivery date of the subject matter of the agreement was breached and police
has intervened to settle the matter.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Briefly
the facts of this case are that the parties herein entered into a sales and
purchase agreement on the 30th January 2013. By the agreement, the defendant
was to sell to the plaintiff one unit Lexus LX 570 2013 model at an agreed
price of $160,000.00. Under the terms of the agreement the plaintiff was to pay
$120,000.00 of the purchase price as deposit and pay the difference on the
delivery of the vehicle. The delivery date was 31st March 2013. It
was also agreed that either party shall pay to the other an equivalent of 10%
of the purchase price should either party default in its obligation to the
other. The parties also agreed that
the defendant shall give to the plaintiff for temporary use a Toyota Prado
which shall be returned to plaintiff at a discounted rate on the delivery of
the Lexus. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff
paid the $120,000.00 to the defendant and the defendant also released to
plaintiff the Toyota Prado for his
temporary use. Unfortunately defendant defaulted in delivering the vehicle on
the delivery date of 31st March
2013. A new delivery date was fixed for the 20th of June 2013. Plaintiff wrote
to the defendant informing him that if the defendant failed to deliver on the
new set date of 20th June 2013, the contract will be deemed
unfulfilled. The defendant failed to deliver. Plaintiff therefore instituted
this action with the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:99%">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of the sum of US$120,000 or its cedi