NANCY MANA OTENG V. SAMUEL K. DICKSON

JUDGMENT

AMMA A. GAISIE (MRS.) JA 

This is an appeal from the Judgment of the High Court Tema dated 8th November, 2010  wherein judgment was entered in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent as follows: 

1. The Defendant is hereby ordered to refund to the Plaintiff Twenty Three Thousand  United States Dollars (US$23000.00) or its cedi equivalent being the total amount  the Plaintiff paid to the Defendant for the acquisition of two residential plots of  land and to embark on the construction of a house. 

2. Interest at the prevailing bank rate from 2007 to the date of final payment.

3. Cost of GH¢20,000.00 against the Defendant. 

PLAINTIFF’S CASE 

The Plaintiff is a retired teacher while the Defendant is an Architect in private practice. It  is the Plaintiff’s case that in 2005, she met the Defendant in New York who informed her  that he was a real estate developer and was constructing a gated Community at Prampram Lalue. The Defendant convinced her to buy a residential plot of land within the…