ISAAC OHENEBA OSEI-AKOTO vs GEORGE ELIAS CHAHINE, FAIROUZ CHAHINE [2020]DLHC16239

Date	2020-03-20
Suit No.	SUIT NO: GJ/1107/2017
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC16239

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH- BOAFO

Nana Akua ASIEDUA APPIAGYEI

Ms. B. KOEKAH

Bobby BANSON

[2020]DLHC16239
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISAAC OHENEBA OSEI-AKOTO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>GEORGE ELIAS CHAHINE, FAIROUZ
CHAHINE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (GENERAL
JURISDICTION DIVISION) ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

SUIT
NO: GJ/1107/2017&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;<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">20TH
MARCH, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>Nana Akua ASIEDUA APPIAGYEI for the Plaintiff
- PRESENT<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">Ms. B.
KOEKAH h/b of Bobby BANSON for the Defendants – PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T.
ACKAAH- BOAFO<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Per a Writ of Summons
sealed in this registry on July 20, 2017 the Plaintiff claimed against the
Defendants jointly and severally the following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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Recovery
of an amount of Two Hundred and Four Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢204,000.00) being total outstanding debt owed the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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Interest
on the said amount from 16 April, 2016 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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General
Damages<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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The
Defendants be mulcted in the Plaintiff’s cost.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the
service of the writ and its accompanying statement of claim on the Defendants,
an appearance was entered on July 25, 2017 followed by a statement of defence
on October 4, 2017. <o:p></o:p>