EKOW ESSUMAN (DECEASED) SUBST. BY RUTH ESSUMAN (MRS) BODJA ESSUMAN & NANA ASARE BEDIAKO vs. ABOSO GOLDFIELDS LIMITED [2019]DLSC8748

EKOW ESSUMAN (DECEASED) SUBST. BY RUTH ESSUMAN (MRS) BODJA ESSUMAN & NANA ASARE... [2019]DLSC8748

Date	2019-12-11
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO. J4/39/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC8748

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING)

GBADEGBE JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

DORDZIE (MRS) JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

DAAD AKWESI (MRS) FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

JOHN MERCER FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS.

[2019]DLSC8748
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EKOW ESSUMAN (DECEASED)<o:p></o:p>SUBST. BY RUTH ESSUMAN (MRS)<o:p></o:p>BODJA ESSUMAN &amp; NANA ASARE
BEDIAKO<o:p></o:p>[PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS]<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ABOSO GOLDFIELDS LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME 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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CIVIL
APPEAL SUIT NO. J4/39/2019&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 DECEMBER
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DAAD
AKWESI (MRS) FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JOHN
MERCER FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BAFFOE-BONNIE
JSC (PRESIDING), GBADEGBE JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC, DORDZIE (MRS) JSC, AMEGATCHER
JSC<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>THE UNANIMOUS JUDGMENT OF THE COURT IS READ BY
GBADEGBE JSC, AS FOLLOWS-:<o:p></o:p>In these proceedings, we shall for reasons of
convenience describe the parties simply as plaintiff and defendant. The plaintiff
claiming under and by virtue of&nbsp; two
agreements entered into with the &nbsp;defendant relating to the haulage of tailings &nbsp;that were &nbsp;contained in documents tendered in evidence as
exhibits B and B1 respectively, mounted the instant action before the High
Court, Sekondi claiming the recovery of various sums of monetary damages for
breach of contract. By the endorsement to the writ of summons, the plaintiff demanded
from the court the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>I(a) Recovery of the sum of
GHȼ2,582,000.00 being the cost of tailings supplied
by the plaintiff to the defendant from July 2015 to December 2015 at the
defendant’s request.<o:p></o:p>(b) Interest on the said sum
of GHȼ2,582,000.00 at the prevailing commercial bank
rate from July 15, 2015 to the date of payment.<o:p></o:p>II (a) Recovery of the sum of
GHȼ220, 000.00 being outstanding payment of the cost
of haulage of the said tailings.<o:p></o:p>III(a) Recovery of the total
sum of GHȼ624, 000.00 being losses incurred by plaintiff by
reason of the wrongful termination of the contract for the supply of tailings
made between the parties.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b) General damages for breach of contract.<o:p></o:p>Following the service of the initiating processes
on the defendant, she submitted herself to the jurisdiction of the court and
filed a defence in which among others, the claims made by the defendant were
denied. In particular answer to the claim for outstanding payments under the
contract of supply, the defendant averred that it had made full payment of
bills submitted to it. The action proceeded to a full-scale trial at the end of
which the learned trial judge in his judgment accepted the version of the plaintiff
and allowed the claims endorsed on the writ of summons save relief 3(b) which
was in relation to losses incurred consequent upon the wrongful termination of
the agreement contained in exhibit B1. The defendant promptly appe</main>