BERTHA ANSAH-DJAN vs. PRYCE KOJO THOMPSON AND THE REGISTRAR GENERAL [2023]DLSC16103

Date	2023-06-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/08/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLSC16103

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

AMADU JSC

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC

ASIEDU JSC

KWABENA ADU KUSI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT WITH HIM MAXWELL AGAMBILLA.

SAMUEL AKUFFO FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT WITH HIM KUSI PATRICK ADU AMANKWAA AND SETH ANIM ANNOR.

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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>

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>PRYCE
KOJO THOMPSON AND THE REGISTRAR GENERAL<o:p></o:p>

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

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

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;&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:
21ST JUNE&nbsp; 2023&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL <o:p></o:p>

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WITH HIM KUSI PATRICK ADU AMANKWAA AND SETH ANIM ANNOR.<o:p></o:p>

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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>

FACTS:<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>

(a). A declaration that the
Plaintiff owns all the issued shares of Pergah Transport Limited<o:p></o:p>

(b). A declaration that the 1st
Defendant is not a shareholder in Pergah Transport Limited.<o:p></o:p>

(C). An order directed at 2nd
Defendant to expunge from its record the Deed of Transfer dated 1st
January 2004 and made between Plaintiff and the 1st Defendant and
all entries in its record showing 1st Defendant as holding any
issued shares in Pergah Transport Limited.<o:p></o:p>

(d). Costs.<o:p></o:p>