OFFEI OKRAKU
V.
MUSAH ABDULAI

(2019) JELR 69584 (HC)

High Court · SUIT NO: GJ/1006/2017 · 17 Jul 2019 · Ghana

CORAM

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

Core Terms ^Beta

defendant

plaintiff

evidence

court

amount of gh

respectful opinion

issues

statement of defence

plaintiff’s case

background facts

defendant’s account

documentary evidence

joint partnership

mr. okraku

part of his structure

said house

stanbic bank

support of the claim

verbal agreement

witness statement

above analysis

above holding of the court

authority of other members of his family

available documentary

case of the defendant

case of the plaintiff

court holds

cross examination

date of payment

defendant perspective

defendant’s counsel

defendant’s house

defendant’s stanbic bank account

evidence of previous testimony

family members

final installment payment

further evidence of the plaintiff

general position

important issue

last installment of the amount

law suit

long lease of his family house

next agreed date

numerous occasions

plaintiff claims

refund of an amount of gh

refund of the first payment of gh

said sum of gh

statement of claim

support of the claim mr. offei okraku

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…

OFFEI OKRAKU V. MUSAH ABDULAI

OFFEI OKRAKU
V.
MUSAH ABDULAI