CAITEC MOTORS LTD. vs. TOP KINGS CO. LTD. [2018]DLHC3331

Date	2018-10-31
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.RPC/62/2015
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC3331

SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

SHIELLA CRABBE ESQ. FOR K. BAAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

JOEL A. AFARI ESQ. FOR BENSON NUTSUKPUI ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[2018]DLHC3331
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CAITEC MOTORS LTD.<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TOP KINGS CO. LTD.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.RPC/62/2015&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: 31ST
OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SHIELLA CRABBE ESQ., FOR
K. BAAH ESQ., 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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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>By
a writ of summons issued on the 11th February 2015, the plaintiff
company claims against the defendant company:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The sum of US Dollars Five Hundred and Nineteen
Thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven or its equivalent in Ghana Cedis.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cost of this action.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the said sum till the day of final
payment.<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the alternative an order for the Plaintiff to
repossess the vehicles.<o:p></o:p>After
entering appearance to the plaintiff’s writ, the defendant filed a statement of
defence in which the defendant counterclaims against the plaintiff for:<o:p></o:p>i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that the Plaintiff misrepresented the state and nature of the Shacman trucks to
the Defendant to induce it to agree and purchase 12 of the trucks.<o:p></o:p>ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;