KWADWO OPONG-MARFO vs. EDLORM HOUSING GHANA LIMITED AND EDDIE AKOTEY [2021]DLHC11195

Date	2021-05-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO: GJ/594/2018
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11195

HER LADYSHIP OLIVIA OBENG OWUSU (MRS.) J.

EMMANUEL KOFI DARKO ESQ. WITH JAMES BOAKYE ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF

PRESENT BENEDICTA MAWUSI FIANOO ESQ. H/ B FOR MARTIN KPEBU ESQ. FOR DEFENDANTS PRESENT

[2021]DLHC11195
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWADWO OPONG-MARFO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EDLORM HOUSING GHANA LIMITED AND EDDIE
AKOTEY<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;">

EMMANUEL KOFI DARKO
ESQ., WITH JAMES BOAKYE ESQ., FOR PLAINTIFF PRESENT BENEDICTA MAWUSI FIANOO
ESQ., H/ B FOR MARTIN KPEBU ESQ., FOR DEFENDANTS PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP OLIVIA OBENG OWUSU, (MRS.) J.<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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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>&nbsp;On&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16 t h&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; April,&nbsp; 2018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; issued a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Writ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of
Summons against the Defendants claiming:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the 2nd defendant was at all time
material the directing mind of the 1st Defendant Company.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that
the 2nd defendant used the 1st defendant&nbsp; as&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a&nbsp;
facade&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in&nbsp; order&nbsp;
to&nbsp; avoid&nbsp; his lawful contractual liabilities.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that an
agreement&nbsp; exists&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; between the&nbsp;
plaintiff&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp;
1st&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; defendant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for the 1st defendant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; construct&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a&nbsp;&nbsp; 3&nbsp;&nbsp; bedroom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; terrace
house at Amrahia at the Accra-Dodowa road for the plaintiff<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; declaration&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; that&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1st&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; defendant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; has breached&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; said&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; agreement&nbsp;
executed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on the 2
7th&nbsp;&nbsp; day&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
November&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2011&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; between&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1st defendant
and&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp;
plaintiff Kwadwo Opong-Marfo<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order directed at
the 1st defendant and 2nd defendant to refund Fourty -Six Thousand </main>