BIZZACO LIMITED (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT) [2018]DLCA7709

BIZZACO LIMITED (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY (DEFENDANT... [2018]DLCA7709

Date	2018-11-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: H1/150/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA7709

OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A.

KWOFIE J.A.

MR. F. K. QUARTEY FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

A. M. A. (LEGAL DEPARTMENT) FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2018]DLCA7709
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BIZZACO
LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;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>ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO.: H1/150/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
15TH NOVEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
F. K. QUARTEY FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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A.
M. A. (LEGAL DEPARTMENT) FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT <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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OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON
J.A., KWOFIE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>On
5th of April, 2016, the High Court, Commercial Division, Accra,
dismissed the action of the plaintiff against the defendant.&nbsp; In his judgment, the trial court held among
others as follows:<o:p></o:p>“clearly then,
alienation of an immovable property is not within the scope of The Sale of Goods
Act.&nbsp; With the plaintiff having failed to
prove that defendant misled it into coming unto the land, defendant cannot
accordingly be held liable for the destruction to the property or investment
made by the plaintiff and the latter has no cause of action against A.M.A.&nbsp; In the premises, it would be futile for the
court to proceed to vet the bill of quantity submitted by PW1.<o:p></o:p>The action of
plaintiff against A.M.A. is accordingly dismissed in its entirety.&nbsp; I will award cost of Gh¢6,000.00 against
plaintiff.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the trial court, the plaintiff mounted an appeal on the
following grounds:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
judgment is not supported by the weight of evidence adduced at the trial.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
trial Judge was influenced by facts not borne by the record and thus erred by
misdirecting himself on the facts.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Despite
material evidence on record, the trial Judge erred by ignoring the defendant’s
erroneous claim to ownership of the subject matter land which plaintiff relied
on to its detriment.<o:p></o:p>