ASHLEY
V.
JAMES COLLEDGE (COCOA) LTD

ADUMUA-BOSSMAN J.

By the plaintiff’s writ of summons, claim was made for £G100 general damages and £G794 special damages alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff as the result of breaches by defendants of covenants contained in a tenancy agreement dated the 13th November, 1957, entered into between the parties.

By the statement of claim filed in support of the writ, it was alleged that by the agreement aforesaid the plaintiff as landlord let his property known as Ashgrove House to the defendants at the annual rent of £G480; that by clause 2(c) of the said agreement the defendants covenanted to keep all the internal parts of the dwelling-house and outhouses in tenantable order and sanitary condition (fair wear and tear excepted) during the tenancy; and by clause 2(h) the defendants further covenanted that at the end or sooner determination of the tenancy they would yield up the premises in good and tenantable repair, order and condition, together with certain articles set out in a…