DIZENGOFF GHANA LTD. vs. DAVID OPPONG BANI [2019]DLHC8980

Date	2019-01-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO.GJ 733/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8980

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)

ESSIE COBBINA FOR PLAINTIFF

JEAN MAURALLET FOR DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC8980
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DIZENGOFF GHANA LTD.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DAVID OPPONG BANI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION 7), 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.GJ 733/2016&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
30TH JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ESSIE COBBINA FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JEAN
MAURALLET FOR DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>The brief facts of the case as captured
by the Statement of Claim of the Plaintiff are that the Plaintiff is a Limited Liability
Company registered under the laws of Ghana and is engaged in agro-business.<o:p></o:p>The Defendant is a sole proprietor
doing business under the name and style, Love of Christ Enterprise.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff avers that it has been
selling a thirty (30) day credit of agrochemicals and other
agricultural products and equipment to the Defendant since 2013. That at 12th
June, 2013, the outstanding indebtedness of the Defendant on goods sold to him on
credit by the Plaintiff between 11th April, 2013 and 9th
May, 2013 was GH¢15,090.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff avers also that on 9th
May, 2013, the Plaintiff sold on credit to the Defendant goods worth GH¢16,800.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff avers further that
between 15th July, 2013 and 14th April, 2014 the
Plaintiff sold on credit to the Defendant variously goods to the value of
GH¢45,368.<o:p></o:p>It is the case of the Plaintiff that on
the 14th April, 2014, they sold goods on credit to the Defendant
amounting to GH¢22,600.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff avers that subsequent
cumulative payments made by the Defendant reduced the Defendant total
outstanding debt to GH¢30,828. And that the last payment by the Defendant on
its outstanding debt in the sum of GH¢10,000 was made on 22nd July,
2014.<o:p></o:p>That on 20th March, 2015,
the Plaintiff&nbsp; and the Defendant agreed
in writing&nbsp; on an instalmental payment
plan by which the Defendant was to effect full payment of its total
indebtedness of GH¢30,828 to the Plaintiff by the end of August, 2015.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff avers that it was agreed
as part of the payment plan that any change in the date of payment which leads
to an extension of the Defendant’s credit period would attract an interest of
30% per annum on the total sum outstanding.<o:p></o:p>According to Plaintiff the Defendant
has totally reneged on the payment plan and has failed and or refused to make
any payments on its outstanding debt to the Plaintiff or at all.<o:p></o:p>Based on these facts the Plaintiff
brought this action claiming the following:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Payment
of GH¢30,828 being the outstanding balance due and unpaid on goods sold on
credit variously to the Defendant by the Plaintiff between April, 2013 and 22nd
July, 2014 and which the Defendant has refused or failed to settle despite
repeated demands.<o:p></o:p>