[2023]DLHC16958 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:center 213.75pt left 270.0pt"><span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">JAMES NII ADDY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">WILLIAM SARFO, GEORGE BERKO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </span></p> <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: 0cm; margin-right: -0.05pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO: GJ/ 1286/2018 DATE: 18<sup>TH</sup> APRIL, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops: 96.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <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: 0cm; margin-right: -0.05pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">KOFI KONLAN ESQ, FOR LEONARD SEDZRO ESQ, FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">ABDUL-GAFAR ABLORH ABORDO ESQ, FOR 1ST DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">FRANK K. NIKOI ESQ, FOR 2ND DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops: 113.25pt 168.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE WILLIAM BOAMPONG ESQ.<o:p></o:p></span></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: 0cm; margin-right: -0.05pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:-.05pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The Plaintiff herein issued out his Writ of Summons jointly and severally against the Defendants claiming as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:-.05pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-.05pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%; mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:18.0pt 78.0pt 116.25pt 144.7pt 179.35pt 201.85pt 235.8pt 296.9pt 362.15pt 409.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">a)<span style="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-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; letter-spacing:-.2pt">Cash</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">sum</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">of</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">One</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Hundred</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Thousand</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Ghana</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Cedis </span>(GH¢100,000.00) consisting of the principal sum of Fifty Thousand<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:-.05pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Ghana<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Cedis<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>(GH¢50,000.00)<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>borrowed<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Plaintiff on 12<span style="position: relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span></span>November 2017 for four (4) months and interest of Fifty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢50,000.00) for four (4) months which principal<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>sum<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>interest<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>One<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>Hundred<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Thousand<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Ghana<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Cedis (GH¢100,000.00) became due and payable from 24<span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span></span>March 2018 but which Defendants have failed to pay.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-.05pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm; line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:13.5pt 78.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">b)<span style="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-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">Interest on the sum of GH¢100,000.00 at the Commercial Bank Rate from 24<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span></span>March 2018 till final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-.05pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm; line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:13.5pt 77.95pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">c)<span style="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-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">Damages<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>for breach<span style="letter-spacing: -.