FRANCISGAKLI DZOKOTO V. AKWASI BIO AND ANOTHER

On 20^th November, 2015, the plaintiff instituted action against the defendants seeking the following reliefs:

1. The Plaintiff claims against the Defendant for cash sum of Sixty-five thousand Ghana cedis (GHc 65, 000.00) being the total sum of money the Defendant owes the Plaintiff which defendant has refused to refund the said amount despite persistent demands.

2. Interest on the said amount at the prevailing bank rate from December 2009

3. Costs.

The gravamen of the plaintiff’s case is that sometime in October, 2011 he was contracted by the defendants to manufacture and supply 500 pieces of beds to some selected second cycle schools at a unit price of GHCC 135 per bed amounting to GHC 67,500.00. It is the plaintiff’s case that the defendants made an advance payment of GHC 5000 prior to his supply of the beds to the said schools and that he incurred a transportation cost of GHC 2,500.00. Thus, the outstanding amount to be paid by the defendants stands at GHC 65,000.00.

The 1^st defendant e…