ADEMOLA, C.J.F. (Delivering the Judgment of the Court): This is an appeal from a judgment of the High Court of the Western Region given in two consolidated actions in which the plaintiffs in Suit No. 1/324/58 sued as Administrators of Adeleke Aremu (deceased) and claimed from the defendants the sum of £10,000 damages under the Fatal Accidents Act 1846 and under the Torts Law 1958 of the Western Region of Nigeria for the death of the said Adeleke Aremu (deceased); and the plaintiffs in Suit No. 1/326/58 sued as Administrators of Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu (deceased) and claimed from the same defendants the sum of £100,000 damages under the Fatal Accidents Act 1846 and under the Torts Law 1958 of the Western Region of Nigeria for the death of the said Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu (deceased).
The defendants in the two suits were alleged to be driving their cars negligently thereby colliding with each other which resulted in the death of the two deceased persons who were traveling in one of the car…