KATO ENTERPRISE LTD vs. JOYCE ALLOTEY [2020]DLHC9990

Date	2020-11-04
Suit No.	CM/RPC/02569/2018
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC9990

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE YAW DARKO ASARE

[2020]DLHC9990
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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;">

CM/RPC/02569/2018&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:
4TH NOVEMBER , 2020<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;&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;
Interest
thereon with effect from 8th August 2917 and<o:p></o:p>iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;