ABBAN J.: The appeal is from the judgment of the High Court, Sekondi, dated 27 July 1977. In 1974 the respondents through their managing director, one Mr. Carlo, consulted the appellant who is a legal practitioner in connection with the sale of caterpillar and its accessories to two gentlemen - Kwame Appiagyei and Kwame Asante. The respondents who were timber inspectors and agents were operating in the Takoradi area. The two gentlemen were also carrying on business as timber contractors.
The respondents intended to sell the caterpillar for ¢30,000 and the two gentlemen wanted to buy it on credit. They deposited title deeds to the building of one of them - Appiagyei - in Kumasi as a security for the payment of the agreed purchase price. The respondents gave the said title deeds to the appellant with instructions to prepare the necessary legal document to cover the transaction between the respondents on one hand and Appiagyei and Asante on the other.
It was obvious that the transaction wa…