TOP INTL ENG. LTD V. BET GHANA LTD

J U D G M E N T 

Plaintiff’s case 

The rental of a crane by the plaintiff from the defendant is what has brought this matter  to court. It is the plaintiff’s case that it entered into an agreement with the defendant  for the installation, correction and maintenance of a tower crane for use at the  plaintiff’s construction site at a total cost of fifty seven thousand United States Dollars  (US$57,000.00) for a period of three months. The plaintiff avers that the parties  agreed that the plaintiff would pay an initial deposit of US$19,000.00 before the  movement of the crane to the plaintiff’s site and the rest of the money being  US$38,000.00 would be paid after the successful installation of the crane at the  plaintiff’s construction site.  

It is the plaintiff’s case that it paid the initial deposit of US$19,000.00 and spent an  additional amount of twenty six thousand seven hundred and fifty Ghana cedis  (GH₵26,750.00) to prepare the ground for the installation of the crane. The defen…