EBENEZER OBENG DOMPREH vs. ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI GHANA (LTD) [2022]DLCA17131

Date	2022-06-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: HI/222/2021
Citation No.	[2022]DLCA17131

V. D. OFOE JA (PRESIDING)

ERIC BAAH JA

MERLEY WOOD (MRS.) JA

MARTIN KPEBU

GOLDA DENYO

PAPA KWESI ANAN ANKOMAH

[2022]DLCA17131
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EBENEZER OBENG DOMPREH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI GHANA (LTD)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MARTIN
KPEBU FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<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;">

GOLDA DENYO WITH PAPA KWESI ANAN ANKOMAH FOR
DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>V. D. OFOE, JA (PRESIDING),
MERLEY WOOD (MRS.), JA ERIC BAAH, JA<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>V. D. OFOE<o:p></o:p>The plaintiﬀ/ appellant who we will refer to in this judgment as the
plaintiﬀ sued the defendant in the trial High
Court claiming by his writ of summons issued on the 21st
of October 2015 the following:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:42.0pt">a.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of cash the sum of GH¢3,654,000.00 being cost of the construction of six ﬁsh
ponds stocked with ﬁsh as well as expected income from the ﬁsh ponds as at
October 2012.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:42.0pt">b.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on the said sum of
GH¢3,654,000.00 at the prevailing commercial Bank Lending Rate from October
2012 until ﬁnal date of payment<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:41.9pt">c.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
Damages for trespass<o:p></o:p>