[2021]DLSC10766 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">SULLEY DOLLEY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%;tab-stops:292.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">MESSRS FND INVESTMENT (GH) LTD. AND ADE COKER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/20/2015 DATE:27<sup>TH</sup> MAY, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">KWAME BOATENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CHARLES HAYIBOR FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CORAM: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">YEBOAH CJ (PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC, OWUSU (MS.) JSC, AMADU JSC<o:p></o:p></span></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="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%;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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> AMADU JSC<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:17.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Californian FB",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Californian FB";mso-bidi-font-family:"Californian FB"">(1)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">This appeal is from the decision of the Court of Appeal dated 2<sup>nd</sup> May 2013 which dismissed an appeal by the Defendants/ Appellants/Appellants <i>(the Appellants)</i><span style="color:red"> </span>from the<span style="color:red"> </span>judgment of the High Court in favour of Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent <i>(‘the Respondents’)</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:17.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Californian FB",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Californian FB";mso-bidi-font-family:"Californian FB"">(2)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">In the High Court, the Respondent claimed against the Appellants per for an amended writ of summons filed on 7/9/2011 the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">“(1) <b>An order for the recovery of the amount of US$400,000 (Four <o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Hundred Thousand Dollars) paid to the Defendants at their request and supported by MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING dated 17<sup>th</sup> day of May 2006 and signed by both parties and their witnesses and which the Defendants have failed to pay to the Plaintiff despite the abrogation of the said MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING by the Defendants themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> (2)</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> <i>Interest on the above US$400,000 (Four Hundred Thousand <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Dollars) at the rate of 3% (three percent) per month from May 2006 up to date of final payment of the US$400,000 (Four Hundred Thousand Dollars).<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">(3) An Order for the recovery of an amount of US$200,000 (Two <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Hundred Thousand Dollars) paid to the Defendants by the Plaintiff at Defendants request and supported by</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> <i>MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING</i> <i>dated 6<sup>th</sup> day of August 2008 and signed by both parties and their witnesses and which the Defendants have failed to pay to the Plaintiff despite the abrogation of the</i> <i>MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING</i> <i>by the Defendants themselves.<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;