PETER N.D. AMEDOME vs. EMMANUEL SARFO [2018]DLHC9185

Date	2018-04-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/0145/15
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC9185

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE

MRS. ROSELYN KALEDZI ESQ. (H/B FOR SAMSON LARDI AYENINI ESQ.) OF A-PARTNERS@LAW ACCRA COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR DEFENDANT

[2018]DLHC9185
																																						<div class="restriction-wrapper">
														<div class="container-lg">
															<div class="row">
																<div class="col-md-12 restricted-content">
																	<div class="restricted-content-img-wrapper">
																		<div class="lock-icon bounce-7">
																			<img class=""
																				src="https://www.dennislawgh.com/dl-assets/dl-images/lock-content.png"
																				alt="Subscription based content">
																		</div>
																	</div>
																	 
																		<a href="https://www.dennislawgh.com/login"
																		class="btn btn-primary btn-lg"
																		style="font-family: 'open sans'; text-transform: capitalize; border-radius: 8px"> 
																		Login to Read Full Case </a>
																	 
																	
																</div>
															</div>
														</div>
													</div>
													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PETER
N.D. AMEDOME<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EMMANUEL
SARFO<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. CM/0145/15&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 24TH APRIL, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MRS.
ROSELYN KALEDZI, ESQ., (H/B FOR SAMSON LARDI AYENINI, ESQ.) OF A-PARTNERS@LAW,
ACCRA, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>NO
LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">

HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE JENNIFER ABENA DADZIE<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>From the Plaintiff’s Statement of
Claim and pleadings, the following material facts can be ascertained.&nbsp; The Plaintiff is a businessman retailing in
books although at the time the ensuing events unfolded he was enrolled as a
student with the Ghana Telecom University, Accra.&nbsp; The Defendant, on the other hand, is a
businessman trading under the name and style of G-ZONE at the Kwame Nkrumah
Circle where he sells mobile phone handsets and accessories and also works as
an automobile dealer.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is the claim of the Plaintiff
that he advanced a loan to the Defendant to assist the Defendant in his
business.&nbsp; On July 30, 2014, he entered
into an agreement with the Defendant for the repayment of the debt, which was
then in the sum of Sixteen Thousand, Eight Hundred Ghana Cedis
(GH¢16,800.00).&nbsp; He contends that due to
the Defendant’s refusal to pay the said debt in accordance with the terms of
the agreement, the parties renegotiated the terms and entered into another
repayment agreement dated February 1, 2015.&nbsp;
Once again, he claims the Defendant failed to abide by the terms of the
second agreement, even after he caused his lawyers to serve several demand
notices on the Defendant with the result that as at November 26, 2015, the
Defendant was indebted to him in the sum of One Hundred and One Thousand Four
Hundred and Eighty-one Ghana Cedis, Sixty Pesewas (GH¢101,481.60) being the
outstanding principal debt and accrued interest on the loan advanced to the
Defendant.&nbsp; On the grounds that he
believed the Defendant does not intend to pay off his indebtedness unless
compelled by the Honourable Court, he instructed his lawyers and they issued a
Writ of Summons against the Defendant with a supporting Statement of Claim,
seeking the following reliefs against the Defendant:<o:p></o:p>“1. An
order to Defendant to pay to Plaintiff the sum of GHC 101,481.60 being the
amount outstanding as at November 26, 2015.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order to
Defendant to pay to Plaintiff interest at a concessionary rate of 10% per month
outstanding from November 26, 2015, (instead of the contractual 10% per week)
till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:36.0pt">