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SACKEY
V.
FATTAL

(1959) JELR 69012 (CA)

Court of Appeal 25 Jun 1959 Ghana
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- The defendant in this case accepted that certain bales contained goods that were much inferior to the sample provided. - The defendant attempted to deny that the order for 40 bales was placed with him by the plaintiff, but this suggestion

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Judges:VAN LARE J.A. AS C.J.,GRANVILLE SHARP J.A,ACOLATSE J.
Other Citations:[1959] GLR 176

GRANVILLE SHARPE J.A.

In the case of each delivery it could hardly be questioned on the evidence that certain bales contained goods which were much inferior to sample, and this state of affairs seems to have been accepted by the defendant. An attempt was, however, made by him, and by Counsel on his behalf at the trial, to deny that the order for 40 bales was placed with him by the plaintiff. This suggestion was repeated by learned Counsel before this Court. It cannot on the evidence be accepted.

The defendant was, when his evidence is examined, of defective memory, and the evidence of the witness Brown, who at the material times worked for the defendant as Promotion Sales Manager was clear and emphatic, and upon it, and the evidence of the documents, the learned Judge was fully entitled to find that each of the contracts, for breach of which the plaintiff claimed damages, was a contract entered into with the defendant.

Learned Counsel before the trial-Judge, and indeed the defendant hims…

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