FAFAPE AMA ETSA FOE--PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENT AND THYWILL BUSINESS & INVESTMENT CONSUL LTD vs. Z-AUTO TRADE GH. LTD AND JOSEPHINE MONNIE [2022]DLHC17044

FAFAPE AMA ETSA FOE--PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENT AND THYWILL BUSINESS & INVESTMENT CON... [2022]DLHC17044

Date	2022-12-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/01/2020
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC17044

ADJEI J.A

BARTELS-KODWO J.A

BAFFOUR J.A

BOBBY BANSON

ALICE NIMAKO DEBRAH ABLORMETI(MRS)

EMILY ATSU AGBAKPE

[2022]DLHC17044
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk153451015"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">FAFAPE AMA ETSA FOE--PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENT AND<o:p></o:p></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THYWILL BUSINESS &amp; INVESTMENT CONSUL LTD<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">Z-AUTO TRADE GH. LTD AND JOSEPHINE MONNIE <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">SUIT NO. H1/01/2020&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;DATE: 15TH DECEMBER 2022<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">BOBBY BANSON
WITH ALICE NIMAKO DEBRAH ABLORMETI(MRS) FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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AGBAKPE FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">ADJEI, J.A<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiﬀs sued the Defendants in the High Court to claim, inter alia, a declaration that the
Defendants have breached the warranty agreement in respect of a vehicle she
bought from the Defendants; an order for replacement of the vehicle; and
general and special damages emanating from the breach of the warranty. The High
Court on 30th March, 2020 delivered ﬁnal judgment
and held that the Defendants had breached the implied warranty between the
Defendants and the Plaintiﬀs with regards to the vehicle that the
Defendants sold to the Plaintiﬀ as a brand-new vehicle with a
defective engine and further awarded general damages of GH¢20,000.00.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Both parties were dissatisﬁed with the
judgment, and each of them ﬁled an appeal against same. The 1st
Defendant/Appellant ﬁled its notice of appeal against the judgment on 27th April, 2020. The Plaintiﬀ/Appellant also ﬁled
her notice of appeal against the judgment on 12th June,
2020 without stating whether it is the 1st Plaintiﬀ or the 2nd Plaintiﬀ who is dissatisﬁed
with the judgment and has ﬁled
an appeal against same.<o:p></o:p>The brief facts of the case, as could
be gathered from the evidence adduced before the trial High Court, were that
the 1st Plaintiﬀ