ELITE MINERALS GHANA LTD vs. MANTRAC GHANA LTD [2021]DLCA11027

Date	2021-11-25
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/194/2020
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA11027

JUSTICE SENYO DZAMEFE J. A. (PRESIDING)

JUSTICE P. BRIGHT MENSAH J. A.

JUSTICE JENNIFER A. DODOO (MRS) J. A.

ROSENBERG OWUSU ADOKU FOR RESPONDENT

AKWASI GYIMA-BOTA FOR DEFENDANT

[2021]DLCA11027
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ELITE MINERALS GHANA LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESP)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MANTRAC GHANA LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESP/CROSS APPEL)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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;">

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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/194/2020&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;
DATE: 25TH
NOVEMBER, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>ROSENBERG OWUSU ADOKU FOR 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 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>JUSTICE
SENYO DZAMEFE J. A. (PRESIDING), JUSTICE
P. BRIGHT MENSAH J. A., JUSTICE
JENNIFER A. DODOO (MRS) J. A.<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>DODOO,
JA (MRS)<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent (hereinafter
referred to as the Appellant) commenced the instant suit against the
Defendant/Respondent/Cross-Appellant (hereinafter referred to as the
Respondent) claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the Defendant has breached the Parties’ agreement by failing
to fulfil its obligations under the contract by the delivery of CAT excavator
machinery with serial numbers DJF00866, DJF00755, DJF00864, DJF00867, DJF01072,
MNB01283, DJF00850 and DJF00853 with the final drives which had latent defects
or not fit for the purpose for which they were intended.<o:p></o:p>b)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the Defendant, by virtue of the breach of the Parties’
agreement, has occasioned on the Plaintiff a loss of revenue that would have
accrued to the Plaintiff for the use of the CAT excavator machines in the sum
of Two Million, Two Hundred and Seventy-Six Thousand and Eight Hundred and
Twenty United States Dollars (US$2,276,820.00).<o:p></o:p>c)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the Plaintiff is entitled to special damages in the sum of
Eight Hundred and Forty-Nine Thousand, Three Hundred</main>