JOE ADDO-YOBO vs. SAASCO PROPERTIES LIMITED AND STEPHEN A. ARHING [2018]DLHC4012

Date	2018-04-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO: BC 732/2015
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC4012

JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH- BOAFO

MR. BABA AVIO FOR THE PLAINTIFF

EDWARD DARLINGTON WITH VICTORIA ENCHILL FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2018]DLHC4012
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOE ADDO-YOBO<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SAASCO PROPERTIES LIMITED AND STEPHEN A. ARHING<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
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SUIT
NO: BC 732/2015&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;DATE: <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">30TH APRIL, 2018<o:p></o:p>

EDWARD DARLINGTON WITH VICTORIA ENCHILL
FOR THE DEFENDANTS <o:p></o:p>

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</div>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiff per his Lawful Attorney commenced this action
against the Defendants on August 14, 2015 for the recovery of
money, the sum of $600,000.00 as the outstanding balance of the amount of
$700.000.00 paid for one acre of the 1st Defendant’s four-acre plot of land for
which the Defendants failed to deliver to the Plaintiff. The Defendants denied
the claim and alleged that there was no issue about a plot to be delivered to
the Plaintiff. Among the issues for this Court’s determination is whether or not
the Plaintiff paid to the Defendants $700,000.00 or less. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Per
a writ of summons sealed in this registry on 14th day of August, 2015 the
Plaintiff claims against the Defendants herein the following judicial reliefs
set out here below:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The sum of US$600,000.00 or the cedis
equivalent being balance of purchase price of plot of land paid to Defendants
which Defendants failed to deliver<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest at the prevailing dollar rate
from 18th November, 2005 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs, including lawyer’s fees.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After
the service of the writ and its accompanying statement of claim on the
Defendants, Appearance was entered by Kwaku Kyeremateng &amp; Co (Solicitors)
on August 24, 2015 together with a joint 12-paragraph statement of defence was
filed by the Defendants. The Plaintiff filed a reply to respond to the defence
filed on September 3, 2015. Pursuant to leave of the Court granted on November
16, 2015 the Plaintiff filed an Amended Reply on November 17, 2015.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Issues for Trial<o:p></o:p>[4]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At
the close of the pleadings the Issues contained in the Application for
Directions filed by the Plaintiff and adopted by the court for trial were:-<o:p></o:p>