CAITEC MOTORS LTD. (PLAINTIFF) vs. TOP KINGS CO. LTD. (DEFENDANT) [2018]DLHC7319

Date	2018-10-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO: RPC/62/2015
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC7319

HIS LORDSHIP SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J.

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

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

[2018]DLHC7319
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CAITEC MOTORS LTD.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TOP KINGS CO. 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: 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;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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JOEL
A. AFARI ESQ., FOR BENSON NUTSUKPUI ESQ., FOR THE 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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</div>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;
A declaration
that the Plaintiff’s conduct of impounding and detaining the trucks was
wrongful and illegal.<o:p></o:p>iii)