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JUDGMENT
JUDGEMENT
Introduction:
Plaintiff filed the Writ of Summons as amended on 22nd August 2022 claiming against the
Defendants as follows:
1. An order compelling the defendant to pay their remaining principal balance,
the sum of GHS 19,000.
2. An order of the court compelling Defendants to pay their outstanding interest
the sum of GHS 2,500.
3. General damages.
4. Cost.
The Defendants pleaded not liable to all the claims endorsed on the writ of summons of the
Plaintiff after all the claims had been read and explained to them in the Mampruli, a language
of their choice.
CASE OF THE PLAINTIFF
Plaintiff is a company registered in Ghana operating in agri-business in the Upper East and
North-East Regions of the Republic of Ghana. Plaintiff commenced the suit via its Chief
Executive Officer, Bukari Abdul-Rauf (hereafter “CEO”). Plaintiff avers that the Defendants
entered into an agreement with the Plaintiff for the Plaintiff to provide Defendants with
certified seeds of soya beans. According to Plaintiff, the Defendants were supplied with fifty
(50) bags of certified seeds of soya beans on 25th June 2021 valued at Four Hundred and Ten
Ghana Cedis (GHS 410.00) per bag.
Therefore, the total cost of the 50 bags of certified seeds of soya beans is
Twenty Thousand and Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GHS 20,500.00). The Plaintiff stated that
the Defendants were to pay back to the Plaintiff the total cost of the certified seeds of soya
beans immediately after harvest precisely January 2022.
According to the Plaintiff, the Defendants have only paid One Thousand Five Hundred
Ghana Cedis (GHS 1,500) out of the Twenty Thousand and Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GHS
20,500) leaving a balance of Nineteen Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS 19,000) and interest of
Two Thousand and Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GHS 2,500) to be paid by the Defendants.
CASE OF D1:
D1 avers that he is a businessman resident in Wulugu and the D2 is a farmer resident in
Wulugu. According to D1, he was introduced to the Plaintiff by his friend called Ziblim
Braimah. D1 stated that after his friend had introduced him to the Plaintiff, the CEO came to
him and bought 10 bags of maize from him. D1 stated that he subsequently assisted the CEO
in a few transactions regarding the purchase, storage, and transportation of soya beans and
maize. He avers that after these transactions, Plaintiff’s CEO invited him to attend a general
meeting of the company if he is interested in working with the comp