NANA ABENA AGYEMANG OKRAH vs. CROWN APARTMENTO HOTEL LTD. [2021]DLCA11788

Date	2021-12-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/41/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA11788

WELBOURNE (MRS)

J.A. (PRESIDING)

ARYENE (MRS)

J.A.

BAAH

DANIEL OSEI FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

NANA ACHIAA ADDAE FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2021]DLCA11788
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA ABENA AGYEMANG OKRAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>CROWN APARTMENTO HOTEL LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANT)<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;">

SUIT NO. H1/41/2021&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: 9TH DECEMBER
2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>DANIEL OSEI FOR PLAINTIFF/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;">

NANA ACHIAA ADDAE FOR
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>WELBOURNE
(MRS), J.A. (PRESIDING), ARYENE (MRS), J.A., BAAH, 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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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>WELBOURNE, J.A<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Accra dated the 31st
day of July 2017.<o:p></o:p>BRIEF FACTS:<o:p></o:p>The
Respondent is a businesswoman and the Appellant is a limited liability company
registered and incorporated under the laws of Ghana which runs a hotel business
located at the Airport Residential Area in Accra. The Respondent avers that sometime
in 2011 she met a man named Dane Calis whom she befriended. The Respondent
claims that after befriending the said Dane Calis he asked her to assist him in
securing an alternate accommodation as he was not satisfied with his
accommodation at the time. As a result of this request the Respondent led the
said Mr. Calis to the premises of the Appellant and upon inspection Mr. Calis
was satisfied and as such decided to take up one of the apartments the
Appellant had. <o:p></o:p>Mr.
Calis was initially regular with the payment of his bills but started to
default in the payment of his bills after he had been defrauded by some
Nigerians. The Respondent claims that sometime in 2012 she purchased a Toyota
Yaris saloon car with registration number GW 2619-12 from her own resources.
The Respondent asserts that in August 2012 she went to visit Mr. Calis at the
apartment in the premises of the Appellant Company but upon returning to her
car she found the car clamped and upon enquiry from management she was informed
that it was because Mr. Calis had not settled his bills. <o:p></o:p>Respondent
asserts that upon hearing this she promptly informed management that the car
belonged to her and not Mr. Calis but the Appellant Company did not pay heed.
The Respondent made several demands for her car which demand was not met. The
Respondent then caused her lawyers to write to the Appellant demanding the
release of the vehicle but the Appellants refused to do so unless the Plaintiff
produced documentation evidencing her ownership. The Respondent therefore
issued a writ against the Appellant seeking the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the vehicle Toyota Yaris with registration number GW 2619 – 12
is the bona fide property of the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the seizure and detention of the Plaintiff’s vehicle was
unlawful.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order directed at the Defendants to release possession of the vehicle to the
Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order directed at the Defendant to pay to the Plaintiff an amount of $100.00
daily for each day that the vehicle has unlawfully been in the Defendant’s
custody and or possession which reflects the prevailing daily rental charge for
saloon cars, from August 2012 till the day same is released to Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;