ADU BEDIAKO vs. KWAME ACHEAMPONG. [2018]DLSC4128

Date	2018-11-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/42/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLSC4128

ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING)

DOTSE JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

BENIN JSC

PWAMANG JSC

JUSTICE SALLAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

ISAAC AIDOO FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.

[2018]DLSC4128
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ADU BEDIAKO<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWAME ACHEAMPONG.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/42/2018 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 28TH NOVEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>JUSTICE SALLAH FOR THE
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ISAAC
AIDOO FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING),
DOTSE JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, BENIN JSC, AND PWAMANG JSC<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="text-align:center;border:none;
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</div>DOTSE, JSC:- <o:p></o:p>William
Shakespeare, that legendary and outstanding author of all times, in the Book of
Macbeth, Act 1, Scene IV, attributed the following words to King Duncan who
spoke in those glowing terms describing Macbeth after he won a battle on behalf
of the Kingdom, oblivious of what actually lay in Macbeth’s mind at the
material time. <o:p></o:p>“There’s
no art to find the mind’s construction in the face:<o:p></o:p>He was a
gentleman on whom I built<o:p></o:p>An
absolute trust.”<o:p></o:p>There
was indeed no process by which the Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent, hereafter,
Plaintiff would have known that his engagement with the Defendant/Appellant/Appellant
hereafter Defendant who was reputed to be his friend at all material times
would have become so tortious and rancorous later. <o:p></o:p>This
relationship between the Plaintiff and Defendant in this case really gives
proof to the above statement of Shakespeare, that there is indeed no
process by which a person can determine the character of another by looking
merely at his face alone..<o:p></o:p>FACTS<o:p></o:p>The
Plaintiff who was at all material times ordinarily resident in France, returned
to Ghana somewhere in 1996, acquired by lease dated 27th December 1996
a piece of land at Kokomlemle on the Newtown road from Vida Ayikailey Vanderpuje
for a term of 35 years commencing from 15th January 1997 and in the
process he and the Defendant became very close friends.<o:p></o:p>As
a result of this relationship, the Plaintiff and Defendant engaged in series of
business transactions which spanned a period of four (4) to five (5) years
before matters came to a crescendo leading to the institution of the instant
suit in the High Court by the Plaintiff against the Defendant in which he
claimed the following reliefs against him:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “A
declaration that the Plaintiff is the lessee of the piece of land described in
the Statement of claim.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the land was developed at the instance and with the resources
of the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order for accounts<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order to pay to the plaintiff any outstanding amount with him with interest
from the relevant date till date of payment at the prevailing bank rate.<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order of perpetual injunction to restrain the Defendant whether by himself or
by his agents, servants, assigns or whosoever from renting or giving out stores
in the building, using the building as security for a loan or other facility or
dealing in any manner whatsoever with the land or the building on it.<o:p></o:p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order for the return of the Plaintiff’s belongings listed in paragraph 23 of
the Statement of Claim or their current market value.<o:p></o:p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General damages.”<o:p></o:p>The
Defendant was not to be undone in this dispute. Upon service of</main>