OFFEI OKRAKU
V.
MUSAH ABDULAI
JUDGMENT
i. Introduction:
[1] By a writ of summons issued on July 6, 2017 the Plaintiff claims against the Defendant the following reliefs:
a) Refund of an amount of GH₵42, 500.00 paid into Defendant’s account with Stanbic Bank, Tudu.
b) Interest on the said sum of GH₵42, 500.00 from 22nd December 2016 to the date of payment.
c) Cost including lawyer’s fees.
[2] After the service of the writ and its accompanying statement of claim on the Defendant, Appearance was entered after which a statement of defence was filed by the Defendant on July 27, 2017. The Plaintiff filed a reply to rebut the depositions in the statement of defence on August 28, 2017.
ii. Background Facts:
[3] The background facts gathered from the pleadings are different from the Plaintiff and the Defendant perspective. According to the Plaintiff sometime in December 2016, the Defendant informed him that he had the authority of other members of his family to grant a long lease of his family house at Tudu, Accra and therefore of…