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MOSI
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MOBIL OIL GHANA LTD., KUMASI

(1964) JELR 69537 (HC)

High Court 8 Jan 1964 Ghana
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- The plaintiff is claiming libel against the defendants for a letter written by the defendants to the plaintiff's employers, which resulted in the plaintiff being dismissed from their employment. - The letter contained defamatory statement

Case Details

Judges:DJABANOR J.
Counsel:BENJAMIN FOR THE PLAINTIFF; V. OWUSU FOR THE DEFENDANTS.
Other Citations:[1964] GLR 23

DJABANOR J.: This is a claim by the plaintiff against the defendants for libel contained in a letter written by the defendants to the plaintiff’s employers - who acting upon the said letter dismissed the plaintiff from their employment. There is no doubt in my mind that the letter is defamatory. It is in the following terms:

“MOBIL OIL GHANA LIMITED

P. O. Box 450,

Accra,

May 16th, 1963.

Commonwealth Haulage Company,

P. O. Box 1993,

Accra.

Attention Mr. Fruoh

Dear Sir,

In one of our periodic checks for contamination of product, especially of motor spirit, a sample was removed from vehicle WE 5974 on 13th April, 1963, against D/N 23508. A laboratory analysis of the product from each compartment of the truck indicates that there was definite contamination of the motor spirit with either gas oil or kerosene. We believe the driver of this truck on the delivery in question was a man by the name of Mosi. Mobil considers contamination to be very serious as the effect of such petrol has an advers…

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