SOLOMON NTRAKWA V. G.P.R.T.U.

BROBBEY, JA.

This action started at the Sekondi High Court where the respondent was the plaintiff and the appellant was the defendant.

The plaintiff claimed two reliefs. The first was for an order for the payment of thirty-one million, five hundred thousand cedis being agreed compensation for preventing the plaintiff from using his petrol station for business since 1990. The second was an order for the payment of interest on that sum at the rate of 45% per annum from 1st September until the date of payment. After evidence had been taken in a full trial, judgment was given in favour of the plaintiff.

The defendants, hereafter referred to as the appellants, then appealed to this court. Their original grounds of appeal were as follows.

“(a) The learned trial judge erred in giving judgment for the plaintiff having regard to the evidence on record.

(b) The learned trial judge erred in awarding interest on the said sum.

(c) The learned trial judge erred in awarding cost of three million cedis.…