KATO ENTERPRISE LTD vs. JOYCE ALLOTEY [2020]DLHC9979

Date	2020-11-04
Suit No.	CM/RPC/0256/2018
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC9979

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE YAW DARKO ASARE

S. B. AKUFFO ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

KWEKU PAINTSIL ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT

[2020]DLHC9979
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KATO ENTERPRISE LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOYCE ALLOTEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<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;">

CM/RPC/0256/2018&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:
4THNOVEMBER, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>S. B. AKUFFO ESQ., FOR THE
DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT <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;">

KWEKU PAINTSIL ESQ., FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE YAW DARKO ASARE<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>&nbsp;On the 15th day of June
2020, the Plaintiff/Applicant filed a motion for summary judgment under Order
14 r 1 of CI 47 against the Defendant “for the sum of €48,635.66 with interest thereon from 8th August 2017”. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Accompanying the motion is an affidavit
deposed to by one Christian Kokroko, Law Clerk of the firm of Lawyers
representing the Plaintiff, verifying the facts and the grounds for the instant
application. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;For a clear appreciation of the issues
arising upon this application, it may perhaps be necessary to set down below in extenso the claims as outlined in the
Plaintiff’s quite terse Statement of Claim filed in this case on the 10th
of April 2018. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By
a note dated 8th of August 2017, the Defendant acknowledged an
indebtedness of €60,108.50 owed to Plaintiff arising out of
the supply of beverages by the Plaintiff to the Defendant in Ghana.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Defendant has paid to the Plaintiff the total sum of €6,584.43
broken down as €2,919.43 on 27th
November 2017 and €3,665.00 on 15th
February 2018 leaving an outstanding balance of €48,635.66.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Wherefore an in the circumstances the Plaintiff claims
against the Defendant:<o:p></o:p>i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
€48,635.66 being the principal sum<o:p></o:p>ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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