SAOUD BROTHERS AND ANOTHER vs. BOATENG [1964]DLSC1953

Date	1964-06-22
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1964]DLSC1953

SARKODEE-ADOO C.J.

OLLENNU JSC

ACOLATSE J.S.C.

D. S. EFFAH FOR THE APPELLANTS.

A. A. ABOAGYE DA COSTA FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[1964]DLSC1953
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAOUD BROTHERS AND ANOTHER <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>BOATENG <o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT]<o:p></o:p>[1964] GLR 405<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
22 JUNE 1964.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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D. S. EFFAH FOR THE APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p>

A. A. ABOAGYE DA COSTA FOR THE RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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SARKODEE-ADOO C.J., OLLENNU AND
ACOLATSE JJ.S.C.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF ACOLATSE J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>This is
an appeal from a judgment of Bannerman J. delivered at Kumasi on 23 February
1963, in favour of the plaintiff-respondent, hereinafter referred to as the
plaintiff. The proceedings began with a claim for £G10,749 5s. 0d. damages against
the appellants, hereinafter referred to as the defendants, for injuries
received and suffered by the plaintiff in consequence of the alleged negligence
of the second defendant in the driving of a timber truck, property of his
employers, the first defendants, a firm of timber merchants.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
accident occurred near a place called Nkasiem on the Goaso-Kumasi motor road
whilst the second defendant was driving the timber truck from Goaso towards
Kumasi and the plaintiff was driving an Opel Caravan from Kumasi towards Mim.
Particulars of the negligence the plaintiff relied upon are set out in
paragraph (4) of his statement of claim and are as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(a) The
second defendant was driving at a speed which was too fast in the
circumstances. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b) The
second defendant failed to have any proper lookout or have any sufficient
regard for other traffic on the said road. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(c) The
second defendant drove on the wrong side of the road. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(d) The
second defendant collided with the plaintiff’s car on the said road.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
defendants denied that the second defendant drove negligently as alleged or at
all; they pleaded, on the contrary that the accident was caused or contributed
to, by the negligence of the plaintiff which consisted inter alia of:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(i)
Driving too fast. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(ii)
Failing to maintain proper steering control while passing the defendants’
vehicle AS 8841. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(iii)
Failing to maintain a proper lookout while passing the defendants’ vehicle AS
8841. (iv) Driving while under the influence of alcohol.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(v)
Failing to manage his car AN 4449 so as to avoid a collision with the back
tyres of the defendants’ vehicle AS 8841.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
evidence of the plaintiff as to how the accident occurred was given by the
plaintiff and supported by his second witness, his son, who was with him in the
car at the material time. The gist of that evidence is that on the day in
question, 29 December 1960, he the plaintiff with his son and a nephew
travelled in his, the plaintiff‘s Opel Caravan, from Kumasi going to Mim; they
arrived at a place called Nkasiem which is on a small hill; before he could
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