FRANCISGAKLI DZOKOTO vs. AKWASI BIO AND ANOTHER [2019]DLHC6871

Date	2019-03-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. P/RPC 07/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6871

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE

MRS LIZZY PEARL ADDISON FOR THE PLAINTIFF

[2019]DLHC6871
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FRANCISGAKLI DZOKOTO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AKWASI BIO AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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SUIT NO. P/RPC 07/2016&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 19TH MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE DR. RICHMOND
OSEI-HWERE<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>On
20th November, 2015, the plaintiff instituted action against the
defendants seeking the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Plaintiff claims against the Defendant
for cash sum of Sixty-five thousand Ghana cedis (GHc 65, 000.00) being the
total sum of money the Defendant owes the Plaintiff which defendant has refused
to refund the said amount despite persistent demands.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the said amount at the
prevailing bank rate from December 2009<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs.<o:p></o:p>The
gravamen of the plaintiff’s case is that sometime in October, 2011 he was
contracted by the defendants to manufacture and supply 500 pieces of beds to
some selected second cycle schools at a unit price of GHCC 135 per bed
amounting to GHC 67,500.00. It is the plaintiff’s case that the defendants made
an advance payment of GHC 5000 prior to his supply of the beds to the said
schools and that he incurred a transportation cost of GHC 2,500.00. Thus, the
outstanding amount to be paid by the defendants stands at GHC 65,000.00.<o:p></o:p>The
1st defendant entered an appearance and in his defence he avers that
there is no contractual relationship between himself and the plaintiff. He
claims that he only accompanied the 2nd defendant to the plaintiff
and introduced the former to the latter. He insists that it was the 2nd
defendant who dealt with the plaintiff and that the 2nd defendant
advanced the GHC 5000.00 to the plaintiff in his presence.<o:p></o:p>The
2nd defendant did not participate in the trial, although he was
served with the writ of summons and statement of claim by substituted service
per an order of the court dated 12th May, 2016. This was after the
plaintiff failed in his attempt to effect personal service.<o:p></o:p>After
an unsuccessful attempt at settlement, the following issues were set down for
hearing:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not defendants engaged the
Plaintiff to manufacture seven hundred and fifty (750) pieces of school
furniture for various second cycle schools within the Ashanti Region?<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not the Plaintiff performed his
duty and manufactured the furniture as Defendants instructed him?<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not the f</main>