GRIPPMAN vs. NIGERIA AIRWAYS AND ANOTHER

JUDGMENT OF AMMAH J. On 20 November 1987 the plaintiff by his solicitor issued a writ of summons against the defendants. He is claiming from them jointly and severally (1) the return of personal effects which he consigned with the second defendants and received by the first defendants or alternatively the value of the items thereof assessed at the time of judgment; and (2) ¢500,000 damages for wrongful detention of the plaintiff’s items. The statement of claim is as follows: (1). “The plaintiff is a tutor and stayed in Nigeria between 1980-1986 and in July and August 1983 he consigned some personal effects from Ibadan, Nigeria to Ghana through the first defendant herein. (2). The defendants are airlines which operate on the Accra-Lagos route and are carriers of passengers and cargo. (3). The plaintiff says somewhere in July and August of 1983 he consigned two separate items of personal effects through the first defendant and was received by the second defendant for delivery...