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BERNARD ANSAH
V.
SIMON BAIDOO

(2015) JELR 67822 (HC)

High Court 8 Dec 2015 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over a sale of goods contract for used printers. - The plaintiff is claiming an unpaid balance of €15,500 plus interest. - The plaintiff alleges that the defendant approached him to facilitate the purchase of p

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Suit Number:SUIT NO.RPC/34/14
Judges:HER LADYSHIP ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT
Counsel:KWABENA POKU MENSAH FOR PLAINTIFF ,BENJAMIN K. ACOLATSE FOR DEFENDANT

JUDGEMENT

This action arose from disagreements between the parties herein over a sale of goods contract whereby used printers were to be supplied by the Plaintiff to the Defendant. The Plaintiff is claiming an unpaid balance of fifteen thousand five hundred Euros (E15,500.00) together with interest.

A summary of the Plaintiff's case as contained in his statement of claim filed on 14/10/2013 is that somewhere in July 2012, the defendant approached him to facilitate the purchase of printing machines from Germany for his printing business. The Defendant is said to have turned down two machines earlier supplied to him and they were replaced. The Plaintiff quoted the purchase price as forty three thousand Euros ( E 43,000.00) out of which the Defendant paid twenty Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Euros, leaving an unpaid balance of Fifteen Thousand and Five Hundred Euros ( E 15,500.00).

The Defendant's defence is encapsulated in a 14- paragraphed statement of defence filed on 28/11/13. His case w…

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