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FEDERATED COMMODITIES LIMITED v. CHRISTIAN OWUSU

2018

HIGH COURT

GHANA

CORAM

  • ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.)

Areas of Law

  • Contract Law
  • Employment Law
  • Civil Procedure

AI Generated Summary

The Plaintiff, a registered cocoa buying company, advanced money and fertilizers to the Defendant, a District Marketing Officer, for the purchase of cocoa beans during the 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 cocoa seasons. The Defendant failed to deliver all the cocoa beans or account for the sales of fertilizers. The Plaintiff sued the Defendant for GHC 142,131.00, while the Defendant counterclaimed for wrongful dismissal and unpaid dues. The court held that the Defendant failed to fully account for the monies advanced for the cocoa seasons and that the undertaking to pay his debt was made voluntarily and binding. The Defendant was liable to pay GHC 87,669.00 for undelivered cocoa stocks and GHC 11,210.00 for fertilizers. The court dismissed the Defendant's counterclaims and awarded costs of GHC 8,000.00 to the Plaintiff.

JUDGMENT