OFFEI OKRAKU vs. MUSAH ABDULAI [2019]DLHC10557

Date	2019-07-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO: GJ/1006/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10557

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH- BOAFO

MR. G.H. QUIST WITH KOFI SUNU FOR THE PLAINTIFF

ALI GOMDAH ABDUL SAMAD WITH RITA KUNKUTI ALI FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC10557
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OFFEI OKRAKU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MUSAH ABDULAI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;
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&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>MR. G.H. QUIST WITH KOFI SUNU FOR THE
PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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GOMDAH ABDUL SAMAD WITH RITA KUNKUTI ALI FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T.
ACKAAH- BOAFO<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By
a writ of summons issued on July 6, 2017 the Plaintiff claims against the
Defendant the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Refund of an
amount of GH₵42, 500.00 paid into Defendant’s account with Stanbic
Bank, Tudu.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the said sum of GH₵42,
500.00 from 22nd December
2016 to the date of payment.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cost including lawyer’s fees.<o:p></o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the
service of the writ and its accompanying statement of claim on the Defendant,
Appearance was entered after which a statement of defence was filed by the
Defendant on July 27, 2017. The Plaintiff filed a reply to rebut the
depositions in the statement of defence on August 28, 2017. <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-MY" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-MY">&nbsp;<span lang="EN-MY" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-MY">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background
Facts:<o:p></o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The background
facts gathered from the pleadings are different from the Plaintiff and the
Defendant perspective. According to the Plaintiff sometime in December 2</main>