KOJO BRAIMA vs. AKWASI SARPONG [2018]DLHC3732

Date	2018-02-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO.OCC/40/17
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC3732

ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

KOFI KUKUBOR FOR PLAINTIFF.

BENJAMIN D. ANDOH FOR DEFENDANT.

[2018]DLHC3732
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">KOJO BRAIMA<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>AKWASI SARPONG<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), KUMASI]<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.OCC/40/17&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 21ST FEBRUARY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>KOFI
KUKUBOR 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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BENJAMIN D. ANDOH FOR
DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH
(MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>This
case has come about as a result of a purported agreement for the sale of the
Defendant’s house as well as a supposed agreement to procure travel documents
for the Defendant’s son, which fell through. By the endorsement on the writ of
summons filed on 22/12/2016, the Plaintiff sought the following reliefs from
the Defendant:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The sum of eighty-nine thousand Ghana Cedis
being the amount due and owing.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Commercial interest on the said amount from
October, 2014 to the date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Legal fees being 20% of the amount due and
owing.<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;General damages for breach of contract.<o:p></o:p>e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;Two
thousand British pounds sterling being the cost of air fare incurred by the
Plaintiff for two return trips from the UK to Ghana in respect of the
negotiations.<o:p></o:p>f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;Costs.<o:p></o:p>THE PLAINTIFF’S CASE <o:p></o:p>The
Plaintiff&nbsp; who describes himself as a
businessman ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom stated that about two
years prior to the issuance of the writ of summons,&nbsp; he negotiated with the Defendant on phone for
the sale of his seven-bedroom house situate at Kokoso, near Kumasi, and they
agreed on the price of GHC 110,000.00. He alleged that the Defendant requested
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