EMPIRE BUILDERS LIMITED vs. TOPKINGS ENTERPRISES LTD. & 4 OTHERS [2020]DLSC9923

Date	2020-12-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/10/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLSC9923

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING)

APPAU JSC

PWAMANG JSC

AMADUJSC

KULENDI JSC

F. K. QUARTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT

AUBREY TAMAKLOE FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2020]DLSC9923
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>EMPIRE BUILDERS
LIMITED<o:p></o:p>&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; (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TOPKINGS
ENTERPRISES LTD. &amp; 4 OTHERS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>CIVIL APPEAL
NO. J4/10/2019&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;DATE: 16TH
DECEMBER, 2020<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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>F. K. QUARTEY FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>AUBREY TAMAKLOE FOR THE
DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>BAFFOE-BONNIE,
JSC (PRESIDING), APPAU, JSC, PWAMANG, JSC, AMADU, JSC,&nbsp;&nbsp; KULENDI, JSC<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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>AMADU,
JSC:-<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%;mso-list:l17 level1 lfo22">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This appeal is
from the decision of the Court of Appeal pronounced on the 18th
December, 2014 which affirmed in part the judgment of the High Court dated 11th
June, 2003.&nbsp; For purposes of convenience,
the parties to the appeal shall be referred to by the same description as in
the Trial High Court. The Plaintiff herein, aggrieved by the decision of the
Court of Appeal has appealed to this court seeking an overturn of the decision.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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The key question
for our decision in this appeal is whether the Court of Appeal correctly
reevaluated the evidence on record and applied the relevant law and consequently
came to the right conclusion by affirming the judgment of the Trial Court in
part only.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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