BERTHA ANSAH DJAN vs. PRYCE KOJO THOMPSON & ANR [2020]DLCA9237

Date	2020-07-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/75/2020
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA9237

VICTOR D. OFOE JA (PRESIDING)

P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA

JANAPARE A. BARTELS-KODWO JA

[2020]DLCA9237
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BERTHA ANSAH DJAN<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PRYCE KOJO THOMPSON &amp; ANR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO.&nbsp;&nbsp; H1/75/2020&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: 2ND JULY 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>VICTOR D.
OFOE JA (PRESIDING), P. BRIGHT MENSAH JA, JANAPARE A. BARTELS-KODWO JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>BRIGHT
MENSAH JA:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Friendship
is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be
cracks.” – author unknown<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is
common ground from the facts and the available evidence led on record in this
case that the plaintiff/appellant hereinafter simply referred to as the
appellant, and the 1st defendant/respondent also referred to as the
respondent, were very good and close friends.&nbsp;
Their friendship is traced to the appellant and the wife of the
respondent both being mates in the Nursing Training College in the years gone
by.&nbsp; Much later in life, the wife
introduced the appellant to the respondent for business purpose.&nbsp; Sadly, they are now in court because there
are serious cracks in their friendship and business relationship, resulting in
the appellant initiating an action against the respondent, together with the
Registrar of Companies as the 2nd defendant.&nbsp; Per a writ of summons issued in the registry
of the High Court, Accra [Commercial Division] on 24/03/2017, the appellant
sued for:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;A declaration that the plaintiff owns all the
issued share in Pergah<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transport Ltd;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;A declaration that the 1st
defendant is not a shareholder in Pergah<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transport Ltd;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An order directed at the 2nd
defendant to expunge from the record,<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the deed of transfer dated 1st
January 2004 and made between the<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; plaintiff and the 1st defendant,
and all entries in its records showing &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the 1st defendant as holding any
of the issued shares in Pergah &nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transport Ltd; and<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Costs.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is noted
that when the reliefs stated supra were reproduced in the accompanying statement
of claim, it was preceded with the claim: <o:p></o:p></</main>