SOWAH J.: The plaintiffs are the widows of the late Francis Kwasivie Akyemde who died as a result of a motor accident on 14 March 1964. They bring the action on behalf of themselves and of the other dependants of the late Akyemde claiming the sum of £G15,000 damages in accordance with the provisions of sections 16 (1) and 18 of the Civil Liability Act, 1963,1 against all the defendants in the writ of summons.
No evidence has been led why the action was not instituted in the name of the personal representative nor indeed if there was any personal representative at all; in view however that this action was instituted about a year after the accident the point is not material for our purposes.
One Kwame Sankyere who was the only eyewitness or a person present in the car when it was involved in the accident gave evidence for the plaintiffs. He said that on 14 March 1964 he, the deceased, one Mohamedu and one Kwasi Anorba travelled in a car from Hohoe to Ho. Mohamedu was a magician, Sankyere …