ZAKARI vs. PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS INC. AND ANOTHER

JUDGMENT OF WIREDU J. On or about 12 October 1976 the plaintiff issued out of this court a writ against Pan American World Airways Inc. The indorsement on the writ reads: “The plaintiff claims against the defendants the sum of 6,682.55 pounds amounting to ¢7, 684. 34 being as to 5,382,55 thereof the value of machinery, to wit, casting and polishing machinery for jewellery, its accessories plus finished jewellery and as to the balance of 1,300 pounds the value of personal effects which the plaintiff air-freighted on 8 August 1974 on the airlines of the defendant-company from New York to Accra and which said consignment the defendants transhipped on 12 October 1974 to Paris for onward shipment to Accra but have despite repeated demands failed to deliver same to the plaintiff. 2. The plaintiff further claims general damages for loss of use of the said machinery which was required for the plaintiff’s business and for loss of use of the said personal effects.” On 29 October 197...