N.N. EST METALS LTD vs. ABDUL RASHID SIBA DORASHED [2018]DLHC3849

Date	2018-06-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ 1058/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC3849

ERIC K. BAFFOUR ESQ. JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

PLAINTIFF REPRESENTED BY FELIX NYARKO.

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF – DZIFA DADJO FOR EFFIBA AMIHERE PRESENT.

[2018]DLHC3849
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >N.N. EST METALS LTD<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ABDUL RASHID SIBA
DORASHED<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL
DIVISION 7), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO. GJ 1058/2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 14TH JUNE, 2018<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PLAINTIFF REPRESENTED BY FELIX NYARKO. <o:p></o:p>COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF – DZIFA DADJO FOR EFFIBA AMIHERE PRESENT. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>&nbsp;Plaintiff
claim the following reliefs endorsed on its writ issued against the Defendant: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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An order for the refund of the
sum equivalent in cedis of US$21,000 which is the outstanding balance for the
fraudulent sale of the Toyota Hilux Pickup, the bona fide property of the
Plaintiff. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Interest on the said sum of
US$21,000 from the 30th day of December, 2016 till date of final
payment. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Damages for the act of fraud
perpetuated against the Plaintiff by the Defendant <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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Costs of this action <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff claim that it delivered its Toyota Hilux Pickup vehicle
at the cost of US$29,500 for Defendant to find a buyer to purchase the vehicle.
To Plaintiff the vehicle was sold but Defendant has failed to account for the
monies realized from the sale of the vehicle notwithstanding several demands
made on him to do so. Plaintiff further avers that upon a complaint made to the
Police, Defendant admitted that he had sold the vehicle but the buyer had not
yet paid for the vehicle. And subsequent checks revealed that Defendant sold
the vehicle for US$33,000 and had been fully paid. An amount of US$12,000 was
accordingly retrieved from the Defendant leaving an amount of US$21,000 to be
paid. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff again avers that Defendant represented to the purchaser
that he was the owner of the vehicle and thereby falsified documents relating
to the sale of the vehicle as the DVLA form produced by Defendant show him as
the owner of the vehicle. It is on the above facts that Plaintiff claim the
reliefs as set in the writ. <o:p></o:p>Defendant in his statement of defence denied the averments made by
Plaintiff claiming t</main>