NAA ADOLEY AZU vs SUZZIE AGYEI [2017]DLHC16309

Date	2017-10-11
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BC195/2015
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC16309

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAA ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.)

MS. ABIGAIL TETTEH

MR. JOSEPH KAPONDE

[2017]DLHC16309
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NAA ADOLEY
AZU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SUZZIE AGYEI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO. BC195/2015&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: 11TH OCTOBER 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAA ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.) <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:6.85pt;margin-bottom:
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mso-border-shadow:yes">On the 9th of December, 2014, the
Plaintiff issued a writ of summons and statement of claim seeking the following
reliefs;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:7.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The sum of GH₵16,186.63 being
the cost of repairs of Toyota Avensis vehicle number GM 9227-13.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">b.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The sum of GH₵76,896 being
the cost of alternative transport.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;<h1 style="margin-left:0in;text-align:justify">THE PLAINTIFF’S CASE;<o:p></o:p></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:6.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">The facts of the case are that the Plaintiff is a High Court Judge
in Accra and was on the 22nd of March, 2014 in possession
of Toyota Avensis vehicle number GM 9227-13, a vehicle assigned to her by the
Judicial Service. It is the case of the Plaintiff that on the said date, she
was driving her vehicle on the Spintex Road, in the direction of the Tetteh
Quarshie Interchange and that while approaching a Goil Filling Station on her
left, she indicated a left turn to the station and the line of oncoming
vehicles in the opposite lane stopped to give her way.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:6.65pt;margin-bottom:
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mso-border-shadow:yes">It is further th</main>