ALEX OSEI-OWUSU vs. PRUDENTIAL BANK LIMITED AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC [2017]DLHC12119

Date	2017-02-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AC 85/2013
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC12119

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R.B. BATU

KWEKU ASIRIFI ESQ FOR PLAINTIFF WITH NANA EKUA AMOAH BOSOMPEM

NANA OFFEI DJAN FOR 1ST DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC12119
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ALEX OSEI-OWUSU <o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

PRUDENTIAL BANK LIMITED AND BARCLAYS
BANK PLC<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

SUIT NO.
AC 85/2013&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: 2ND&nbsp;FEBRUARY 2017<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

KWEKU ASIRIFI ESQ FOR
PLAINTIFF WITH NANA EKUA AMOAH BOSOMPEM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE
R.B. BATU<o:p></o:p>

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The Plaintiff a
customer of the First Defendant since 1996 entered into an agreement with Reid
Equipment Solutions, a company based in Canada to purchase an excavator in 2012. He paid a deposit of US$5000.00 and
returned to Ghana. Plaintiff then
received an invoice dated 18th September 2012 exhibit B1 ostensibly
from his business partner. By exhibit
“B” dated 4th October 2012 the instructed the First Defendant:<o:p></o:p>

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<h1 style="margin-top:.05pt;margin-right:5.9pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:
113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%">“RE-TRANSPER
OF FUNDS FROM NUMBER 0050543670004.<o:p></o:p></h1>

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Kindly transfer the net sum of $25,000.00 (twenty-five thousand
dollars) from my account number 050543670004 at the Madina branch for the
benefit of REID EQUIPMENT SOLUTIONS whose account details
are annexed hereto to enable
me make part settlement for the purchase of the equipment the details of which
are indicated on the annexure.”<o:p></o:p>

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The annexure, exhibit
“B1” reads:<o:p></o:p>

<h1 style="line-height:16.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">REID EQUIPMENT SOLUTIONS LTD<o:p></o:p></h1>

1946 Wilkinson
Street Innostil, Ontario<o:p></o:p>

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INVOICE<o:p></o:p>

September 18, 2012
ALEX OSEI-OWUSU<o:p></o:p>

<h1 style="margin-right:242.25pt">P.O. BOX CT 6658
CANTONMENTS,<o:p></o:p></h1>

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