LYDIA TETTEH vs. MADAM AKWELEY, MR. OLOKWEI [2019]DLHC12152

Date	2019-02-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/1084/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC12152

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAA ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.)

MR. AARON GOLIGHTLY PRESENT AND HOLDS BRIEF OF MR. PRINCE FREDERICK NII ASHIE-NEEQUYE FOR DEFENDANTS

MR. NATHANIEL MYERS FOR DEFENDANTS ABSENT

[2019]DLHC12152
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LYDIA TETTEH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MADAM
AKWELEY, MR. OLOKWEI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<a name="_heading=h.l1ztqnpsf5x"></a><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: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. GJ/1084/2017&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: 8TH FEBRUARY 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">MR. AARON GOLIGHTLY PRESENT AND HOLDS
BRIEF OF MR. PRINCE FREDERICK NII ASHIE-NEEQUYE FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAA ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.) <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;
mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">This suit commenced with the issuance of a Writ of Summons and Statement
of Claim on the 18TH of July, 2017 which was eventually amended with
the endorsement of the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.95pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;
tab-stops:43.05pt;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Order for the refund of plaintiff amount of GH¢42,000.00 being
financial assistance granted defendants by plaintiff which they have failed to
repay.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.95pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;
tab-stops:43.05pt;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the said amount from 1ST June 2012 to date
of final payment.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;PLAINTIFF’S CASE<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.7pt;margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;
mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">The plaintiff says, per her statement of claim and the evidence
led, that she is a business woman, that the defendants, a couple engaged in the
fishing business approached the plaintiff in the year 2012 and requested that
the plaintiff grant them financial assistance to invest in their fishing
business and pay her after the fishing season that year. The plaintiff obliged
their request and provided them over a period the sum of GH¢42,000.00 to the
defendants which they promised to repay.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.65pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;
mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">The amount granted the defendant included Fishing Boat, Fishing
Nets, Outboard Motors, Fuel Power Generator and Fish bought for 1st Defendant,
various amounts of cash collected by, and for 1st &nbsp;Defendant, various amounts to cash collected
by, and for 2nd Defendant however, after the fishing season the
defendants failed to pay despite persistent demands.<o:p></o:p><p</main>