[2019]DLSC6258 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">INFITCO COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">{PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT}<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">FRIGO LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">{DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT}<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/08/2019 DATE: 20<sup>TH</sup> MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">AMARKAI AMARTEIFIO FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">EFIBA AMIHERE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CORAM: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">YEBOAH JSC (PRESIDING), GBADEGBE JSC, APPAU JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;border-right:none; padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">GBADEGBE, JSC:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">This is an<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>ap<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">p</span>eal<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>fr<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">o</span>m<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">d</span>ecisi<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">C</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">u</span>rt<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">p</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">p</span>eal. By<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">i</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">d</span>ec<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">i</span>si<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>,<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">C</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ou</span>rt<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> o</span>f A<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">pp</span>eal<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ph</span>eld the <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">t</span>ri<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt">a</span>l<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">H</span>i<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">g</span>h <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">C</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">u</span>rt’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">d</span>er<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>f d<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">s</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">m</span>issal<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>f an a<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">pp</span>lic<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>di<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">s</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">m</span>iss<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the a<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">c</span>ti<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">h</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>rein<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>i<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>f l<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">a</span>w. 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