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ROBERT FRIMPONG NYANTAKYI
V.
ABDUL HAMID SALAM

(2017) JELR 65285 (CA)

Court of Appeal 27 Feb 2017 Ghana
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- This case is an appeal against the ruling of the High Court, Cape Coast, which dismissed the plaintiff's application for summary judgment. - The plaintiff, a former employee of Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), granted a loan of GH¢40,

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/37/16
Judges:HONYENUGA J.A. (PRESIDING), GYAN J.A., SUURBAAREH J.A.
Counsel:MR. EDWARD OPPONG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT,MR. ADU YEBOAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

HONYENUGA, J.A.

This appeal is against the Ruling of the High Court, Cape Coast dated the 28th day of July, 2015. In the said ruling, the trial High Court dismissed the plaintiff/appellant’s (hereinafter called the appellant) application for summary judgment under Order 14 rule 1 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004, (C.I. 47) as against the defendant/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the respondent).

The facts of this appeal are that the appellant is a former employee of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and the respondent is a businessman in Cape Coast and a shareholder of Ghambassad Company Limited. The respondent was introduced to the appellant while an employee of ADB in Cape Coast. The said Ghambassad Company Limited had an account at the appellant’s ADB branch. Sometime in 2011, the respondent was introduced to the appellant by Fred Agyemang that he needed a loan and therefore he granted the respondent Ten Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢10,000.00). Later, the Mana…

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