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TAYLOR
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S.Y. SASU AND SONS

(1973) JELR 69151 (CA)

Court of Appeal 20 Nov 1973 Ghana
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- The appellant, who had entered into a hire-purchase agreement with the respondents to purchase a vehicle, appealed against the High Court's judgment in favor of the respondents for wrongful seizure of the vehicle. - The appellant claimed

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Judges:APALOO JA,AMISSAH JA,SOWAH J.A.
Counsel:DR. EKOW DANIELS FOR THE APPELLANT; NII ODOI ANNAN FOR THE RESPONDENTS.
Other Citations:[1973] 1 GLR 176

AMISSAH J. A.: The appellant is dissatisfied with the judgment of the High Court against him in this case. He has therefore appealed to this honourable court for redress. I proceed now to examine the cause of his complaint in order to determine whether he is deserving of our assistance.

The appellant, as plaintiff, brought this action against the respondents for wrongful seizure of a vehicle. He had entered into a hire-purchase agreement with the respondents to purchase this vehicle, a seven-ton Albion lorry registered No. AT 7889. The date of the agreement, which was exhibited, is 4 August 1966. At the time it was entered into the currency in use was the old cedi. In the course of the relationship of owner and hirer arising from the agreement the currency was changed to the new cedi. As a result the moneys stipulated under the agreement and paid are sometimes quoted in the record of proceedings in old cedis and at other times in new cedis. For convenience I shall use new cedis through…

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