JUDGEMENT
This seemingly simple case has travelled over two legal years and at last, the wheels of justice have come to a stop! There will certainly be a closure as the parties get to know their fate!
What has brought about this suit? From the endorsement on the
writ of summons and statement of claim filed on 14/12/2012, the Plaintiff sought to recover the sum of GH¢ 10, 399.00 being the total amount collected from customers by the 1st Defendant but which he has failed to account for. The Plaintiff is also claiming interest on this amount as well as damages for fraud.
The Plaintiff's case is that the Company employed the 1st Defendant on 1st June, 2009 as a Customer Intermediary. His duties entailed collecting monies from customers specifically assigned to him, and after going through the laid down procedure, hand over the money to the Plaintiff. During an audit, the Plaintiff detected that the 1st Defendant could not account for figures totaling GH¢5229 standing to the credit of customer…