IBRAHIM YACUBU vs. TORFIKI MURTALA [2017]DLHC16559

Date	2017-07-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BC/280/2012
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC16559

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

EDWARD BRIKU BOADU FOR PLAINTIFF

A. A. SOMUAH ASAMOAH WITH CECIL ADASI FOR DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC16559
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IBRAHIM YACUBU <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TORFIKI MURTALA <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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

SUIT NO. BC/280/2012&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:
14TH&nbsp;JULY 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>EDWARD
BRIKU BOADU FOR PLAINTIFF,<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;">

</div>CORAM<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;">

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Introduction<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The parties in this matter per the pleadings and the evidence on record
were once very good friends but a dispute over a 1998 model of Mercedes Benz ML
320 is what has brought the parties to court and this has effectively strained
an otherwise very good relationship between the parties.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s Case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that he consigned a Mercedes Benz ML 320
vehicle to Ghana together with other vehicles (Hyundai Sante Fe belonging to
the defendant and a Dodge Ram) and some general goods.&nbsp; The defendant cleared the goods on his behalf
and they put a selling price of US$25,000.00 (per the exchange rate at the time
the amount was approximately GH₵25,000.00) on
the Mercedes Benz ML 320.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that he instructed the defendant to sell the
vehicle at that price failing which he should park the car. When the defendant
was not getting a buyer for the car, he instructed one Ahmed Issah Yakubu to
retrieve the vehicle from the defendant but the defendant refused to hand over
the vehicle to him.&nbsp; It is the
plaintiff’s case that much to his surprise, the defendant sold the vehicle at a
much lower price to an unidentifiable person.&nbsp;
The plaintiff asserts that the defendant had perpetuated a fraud on him
and he therefore instituted the present action claiming the following reliefs
against the defendant:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">i.<span style="font-style: normal; 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Payment of the
sum of US$22,941 being the balance of the minimum sum of US$25,000.00 at which
the plaintiff instructed defendant to sell his Mercedes Benz ML 320 4 Wheel
Drive but which defendant failed or fraudulently refused to do.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">ii.<span style="font-style: normal; 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp</main>