ANGELA BEMPONG vs. DIAMOND ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION GH LTD [2017]DLHC4024

Date	2017-02-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/1371/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4024

KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

KOFI BOSOMPEM FOR THE PLAINTIFF

GODWIN AKPADIE FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC4024
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ANGELA BEMPONG<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DIAMOND ESTATE &amp; CONSTRUCTION GH LTD<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION),
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SUIT&nbsp;NO.
GJ/1371/2016&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: 2ND
FEBRUARY, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KOFI BOSOMPEM FOR THE
PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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GODWIN
AKPADIE FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>Introduction<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This
is an application by Plaintiff/Applicant herein praying that summary judgment
be entered against the Defendant/Respondent for the reliefs endorsed on the
Writ of Summons filed on October 12th, 2016 stated below as:-<o:p></o:p>The
Plaintiff claim is for:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;An
order directed at the Defendant to refund to the Plaintiff an amount of GH¢59,132.00.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the said amount from 25th
August 2016 till the date of final payment at the prevailing commercial banks
rate.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Legal
costs assessed at the Ghana Bar Association scale of fees.<o:p></o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
grounds upon which the instant application is premised are catalogued in the supporting
affidavit accompanying the motion paper.&nbsp;
The thrust of the Plaintiff/Applicant’s case is that the Plaintiff
applied through her sister Mrs. Rita Antwi-Boasiako to purchase one of the
three-bedroom houses being constructed by the Defendant, a Company incorporated
under the laws of Ghana and doing business as a real estate developer at
Oyarifa, a suburb of Accra. The Applicant attached Exhibit MN1, a copy of the application form she filled and
submitted to the Defendant. According to the Plaintiff/Applicant the agreed
Purchase price was GH¢165,000.00) payable
on instalments. <o:p></o:p>