ALEXANDER ROMANUS NGWU (SUEING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY AND JOHNSON COMPLEX GH. LTD) vs. OLUCHI NNUBIA [2019]DLHC10737

ALEXANDER ROMANUS NGWU (SUEING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY AND JOHNSON COMPLEX GH. L... [2019]DLHC10737

Date	2019-12-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/1054/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10737

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL KWESI MENSAH

BABA AVIO FOR THE PLAINTIFF

[2019]DLHC10737
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ALEXANDER
ROMANUS NGWU<o:p></o:p>(SUEING
PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY AND JOHNSON COMPLEX GH. LTD)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OLUCHI
NNUBIA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[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;">

SUIT NO.
GJ/1054/2016&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;DATE:
18TH DECEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<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;">

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AVIO FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL KWESI MENSAH<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;">

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>&nbsp;By his amended writ of summons and statement of
claim filed at the Registry of the High Court, Accra on the 22nd
November, 2016, the plaintiff’s claim against the defendant is for:-<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
An amount of
GHS16,200.00 being the outstanding balance of financial assistance advanced to
the defendant<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp; Interest on the said sum at the prevailing lending
bank rate from 9th December, 2015 till date of final payments.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost, including
lawyer’s fees.<o:p></o:p>The defendant per the records had earlier on the 3rd
August, 2019 entered appearance to the Writ filed on the 21st July,
2015 and also filed a defence on the 14th October, 2016. Reply to
the statement of defence was filed on the 27th October, pursuant to
the defence filed on the 14th October, 2016.<o:p></o:p>At the application for Directions level, the issues
adopted by the court and set down for trial are:<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not
plaintiff per an agreement dated 8th September 2015 gave defendant
the sum of GHS16,000.00 and the defendant agreed to pay GHS20,000.00 to
plaintiff on or before 8th December, 2015.<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not
defendant agreed to pay five percent interest for three months if the defendant
failed to pay the GHS20,000.00 on or before 8th December, 2015.<o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not
defendant paid the sum of $2,300.00, the equivalent of GHS9,200.00 to the
plaintiff<o:p></o:p>(iv)