FRANCIS ANTWI vs. ALEX ODOOM MARFO [2019]DLHC8814

Date	2019-01-11
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BC/88/2012
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8814

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH JUSTICE

DANIEL OPARE-ASIEDU FOR PLAINTIFF.

[2019]DLHC8814
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FRANCIS ANTWI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ALEX
ODOOM MARFO<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH 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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SUIT NO. BC/88/2012&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
11TH JANUARY 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DANIEL OPARE-ASIEDU FOR PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>

</div><a name="_Hlk41381946">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></a>HIS LORDSHIP
K. A. GYIMAH, JUSTICE<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="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff’s Statement of Claim and
Reliefs sought<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>By a writ of
summons issued on 16th November 2011, the plaintiff claimed the
following reliefs against the defendant:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of an amount of GH¢20,553.80
being amount of debt owed by defendant to plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the said sum at current
bank rate from January 2011 to date of judgment.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages for breach of contract.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is the
plaintiff’s case that he entered into an agreement for the defendant to run the
plaintiff’s Mercedes Benz Bus and for the defendant to account to him on a
monthly basis. The defendant failed to make the accounts to the plaintiff which
led to an accrued amount of GH¢20,553.80 as sales arrears, an amount the
defendant admitted and the parties signed a document titled ‘Agreement Note’
confirming the said indebtedness. It is the plaintiff’s case that the defendant
agreed to pay the outstanding amount by the end of January 2011 but he failed
to honour his word despite repeated demands on him.&nbsp; The plaintiff therefore had no option but to
institute the present action.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Defendant’s defence and counterclaim<o:p></o:p>