ADAE
V.
EYIAH
ABBAN J.: In this action the plaintiff claims from the defendant the sum of ¢10,000.00 being special and general damages for breach of contract, or for negligence in carrying out the terms of the said contract.
The plaintiff, in her paragraph (9) of the statement of claim, gave particulars of the ¢10,000.00 damages. She contended that the amount of ¢6,000.00 is the advance which she paid to the defendant in pursuance of the said contract, and the sum of ¢1,800.00 represents the expenses which she would incur in demolishing the constructional work so far done by the defendant on her land. It is therefore obvious that the remaining amount of ¢2,200.00 represents general damages.
The case arose out of a building contract by which the defendant agreed to build for the plaintiff a house, on the plaintiff’s plot of land situated at Abetifi, for the lump sum of £G4,600. The construction was to be completed within six months from the date of the contract. The terms of the contract were embodied…