CAPT. KWAKU NIMO MENSAH vs PARAKUO ESATATE LTD [2017]DLHC16707

Date	2017-01-13
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BL 352/2004
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC16707

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

DOMINIC BRENYA-OTCHERE

PRECIOUS RHODA APABI

NANA OSEI BENTUM

KWAME OWUSU YELBERT

RODNEY HEWARD MILLS

[2017]DLHC16707
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;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">CAPT. KWAKU NIMO MENSAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;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">vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;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">PARAKUO ESATATE LTD<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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. BL 352/2004&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: 13TH &nbsp;JANUARY 2017<o:p></o:p>

DOMINIC
BRENYA-OTCHERE WITH HIM PRECIOUS RHODA APABI AND NANA OSEI BENTUM FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

KWAME
OWUSU YELBERT HOLDING BRIEF FOR RODNEY HEWARD MILLS FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE
BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (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 0cm;">

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

</div>&nbsp;The plaintiff, Captain Kwaku Nimo, a home owner, sued the defendant, Parakuo Estate ltd, a real estate developer, for the following
reliefs;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:2.0pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-4.5pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:27.0pt 61.0pt">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-weight: 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;
Specific
performance of the contract to build, sell and deliver to plaintiff an NR 3
type house at Parakuo Estates Dome Accra, free from material and workmanship
defects which defendants negligently and fraudulently failed to do<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:2.0pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-4.5pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:27.0pt 60.9pt 61.0pt">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-weight: 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;
In
the alternative, damages of such amount that would enable the plaintiff acquire the same type of house
in a comparable area to the one in which House
No. PE 116 Parakuo Estate is located<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:2.0pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-4.5pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:31.5pt 61.0pt">c)<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-weight: 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;
Payment of the cedi equivalent of one thousand U.S