NANA KWADWO GYASI COMPANY LTD. SUAME-KUMASI V. SAND & STONE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

TORKORNOO, J.A.

The Plaintiff/Respondent (hereinafter referred to as the Respondent) sued the Sand and Stone Contractor’s Association per the Chairman, Tanoso –Branch for:

a. The recovery of the sum of Two Hundred and Ten Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢210,000) being the balance due to the Respondent from the Defendant which said amount the Defendant’s representative collected from the Respondent under the pretext of selling a parcel of land to the Respondent at Tanoso, Kumasi which said land was eventually found not be belong to the Defendant.

b. Interest on the said amount from 10^th January, 2013 to the date of final payment.

The endorsed Defendant/Appellant (hereinafter referred to as Appellant) entered conditional appearance and contested the jurisdiction of the commercial court as a proper forum for the resolution of the case set out by the Respondent. According to the Appellant, the suit was a land dispute that had been dressed up as a commercial claim. On 28^th April 2014, the trial judge…