BERTHA ANSAH-DJAN vs PRYCE KOJO THOMPSON, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL [2023]DLSC16086

Date	2023-06-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/08/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC16086

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS.) JSC.

AMADU JSC.

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC.

ASIEDU JSC

KWABENA ADU KUSI

MAXWELL AGAMBILLA

SAMUEL AKUFFO

KUSI PATRICK ADU AMANKWAA

SETH ANIM ANNOR

[2023]DLSC16086
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BERTHA ANSAH-DJAN<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

PRYCE KOJO
THOMPSON, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL<o:p></o:p>

(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>

[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL APPEAL
NO. J4/08/2022&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: 21ST JUNE, 2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&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;&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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

KWABENA ADU KUSI WITH HIM
MAXWELL AGAMBILLA FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT <o:p></o:p>

SAMUEL
AKUFFO WITH HIM KUSI PATRICK ADU AMANKWAA AND SETH ANIM ANNOR FOR 1ST
DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

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CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING), OWUSU (MS.) JSC., AMADU JSC., ACKAH-YENSU
(MS.) JSC., ASIEDU JSC&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

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ASIEDU
JSC:-<o:p></o:p>

INTRODUCTION:<o:p></o:p>

This is an appeal against the judgment of the
Court of Appeal dated the 2nd day of July 2020. In the said
judgment, the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of the trial High Court
delivered on the 25th November 2016 in favour of the
Defendants/Respondents/Respondents hereafter referred to as the Defendants.
Aggrieved by the judgment of the Court of Appeal, the
Plaintiff/Appellant/Appellant hereafter referred to as the Plaintiff filed a
Notice of Appeal against the said judgment on the 12th August 2020.<o:p></o:p>

The facts of this case are that the
Plaintiff/Appellant and the 1st Defendant herein are friends. The
Plaintiff claims that she formed a transport Company known as Pergah Transport
Company Limited in 1999 and was the sole shareholder of the Company. In 2004,
the Plaintiff transferred seventy percent of the total shares of the Company
valued GH₵24,500.00
to the 1st Defendant. An agreement, exhibit ‘A’ herein, was executed
by the parties in respect of the share transfer. Exhibit ‘A’ was subsequently
presented to the 2nd Defendant which registered it accordingly. The
Plaintiff says that, after waiting for a long while, the 1st
Defendant failed to pay for the value of the shares transferred to him and for
that reason, the Plaintiff repudiated the share transfer agreement by writing
exhibit ‘C’ to that effect. The Plaintiff later issued the writ in the instant
matter.<o:p></o:p>

The 1st Defendant, on the other hand,
says that the idea to set up the transport Company was mooted by him but
because he was then working as the Managing Director of a Bank, he caused the
Plaintiff to register Pergah Transport Company Limited. The 1st
Defendant says that as a result, he financed the formation of the Company with
his own resources and also provided the start-up capital for the Company. The 1st
Defendant also procured loans for the running of the Company. The 1st
Defendant alleges that whatever shares that the Plaintiff held at the formation
of the Company was held by the Plaintiff in trust for the 1st
Defendant.&nbsp; According to the 1st
Defendant, two out of the three Directors of the Company were nominated by him.
The 1st Defendant maintained that he was the owner of the Company
but later decided to give the Plaintiff thirty percent of the shareholding in
the Company as shown in exhibit ‘A’, the share transfer agreement. The
Plaintiff’s writ, issued on the 21st November 2011 against the
Defendants asked for:<o:p></o:p>