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ABOAKU
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TETTEH AND ANOTHER

(1962) JELR 67711 (SC)

Supreme Court 21 Dec 1962 Ghana
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- The case is an appeal from a judgment by Ollennu, J., where the plaintiff's claim was dismissed and judgment was entered for the defendants. - The plaintiff claimed £G418 from the defendants jointly and severally for damages to his car an

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Judges:SARKODEE-ADOO JSC, CRABBE JSC, AKUFO-ADDO J.S.C.
Counsel:ASARE FOR THE PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT; NO APPEARANCE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENTS.

SARKODEE-ADOO J.S.C.

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 Abraham R. Tetteh in charge of car No. AF 1847 owned by the second defendant who was travelling in t…

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