BENJAMIN ADDY (PLAINTIFF) vs. ULTIMATE VENTURES & CONSTRUCTION LTD. (DEFENDANT) [2018]DLHC7317

Date	2018-03-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO: CM/RPC/0703/2016
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC7317

HIS LORDSHIP SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J.

VIVIAN LAMPTEY ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF.

HANS AWUDEY ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT.

[2018]DLHC7317
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BENJAMIN ADDY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ULTIMATE VENTURES &amp;
CONSTRUCTION LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[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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SUIT 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; &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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HANS
AWUDEY ESQ., FOR DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP SAMUEL K. A.
ASIEDU, J.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>By
a writ of summons issued on the 21st October 2016 the plaintiff
claims against the defendant:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the
said sum from January 2016 to date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for breach
of contract;<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages;<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs; including
costs of solicitors;<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&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>