BENJAMIN ADDY vs. ULTIMATE VENTURES & CONSTRUCTION LTD. [2018]DLHC3330

Date	2018-03-09
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.CM/RPC/0703/2016
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC3330

SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

VIVIAN LAMPTEY ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF.

HANS AWUDEY ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT.

[2018]DLHC3330
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BENJAMIN ADDY<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ULTIMATE VENTURES &amp;
CONSTRUCTION LTD.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.CM/RPC/0703/2016&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;&nbsp;DATE: 9TH
MARCH, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>VIVIAN LAMPTEY ESQ., FOR
PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>By
a writ of summons issued on the 21st October 2016 the plaintiff
claims against the defendant:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of the sum of Two Hundred and Eighty
Thousand United States Dollar (USD 280,000.00) or its equivalent in Ghana Cedis
being the sum of money owed the Plaintiff by the Defendant under the contract
for sale of land duly executed between the parties.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the said sum from January 2016 to date
of final payment.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages for breach of contract;<o:p></o:p>(d)&nbsp; General damages;<o:p></o:p>(e)&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs; including costs of solicitors;<o:p></o:p>(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any other reliefs(s)/orders as the Honourable Court
may deem fit.<o:p></o:p>The
defendant company entered appearance and later filed a defence on the 4th
November 2016 in which the defendant company counter-claimed for:<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The sum of
US$90,000(Ninety Thousand United States Dollars) being the cost of the Honda
Accord and Toyota Land Cruiser Vehicles.<o:p></o:p>