ABOAKU vs. TETTEH AND ANOTHER

JUDGMENT OF SARKODEE-ADOO J.S.C. Sarkodee-Adoo, J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from a judgment of Ollennu, J., as he then was, whereby he dismissed the plaintiff ‘s claim and entered judgment thereon for the defendants. The plaintiff’s claim, by his amended statement of claim, is against the defendants jointly and severally for the sum of £G418 whereof £G274 is the estimated cost of repairs to the plaintiff’s car No. AF 2440 damaged as a result of an accident between his said car and the second defendant’s car No. AE 1847, driven by the first defendant, and £G144 the estimated amount of loss of earnings for 48 days at £G3 per day for the period the car was undergoing repairs. The plaintiff alleges in his statement of claim that: “(1) On the 1st January, 1960, at about 5.30–6 p.m. Agyapong Wari was in charge of the car No. AF 2440 which was stationary on the left-hand side of the Fadama Road facing north. (2) The first defendant Ab...