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SOLOMON
V.
KUMASSAH AND ANOTHER

(1961) JELR 67435 (HC)

High Court 20 Nov 1961 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, as administratrix and customary successor of the deceased Kodzovi Klugah, brought an action under the Law Reform (Civil Wrongs) Act, 1959 (incorporating the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 as applicable in Ghana), seeking damages for

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Judges:PREMPEH J.
Counsel:G. S. LASSEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF; E. KOM FOR THE FIRST DEFENDANT,SECOND DEFENDANT NOT REPRESENTED, AND DID NOT APPEAR AT THE TRIAL.

PREMPEH J.: The plaintiff as the administratrix and customary successor of the late Kodzovi Klugah, deceased claimed for the benefit of the dependants of the said late Kodzovi Klugah against the defendants jointly and severally the sum of £G6,080 by way of damages being as to £G80 special damage, and £G6,000 general damages, for damage and injury and loss suffered by the said dependents as a result of the negligence of the second defendant the driver and servant of the first defendant, in causing the death of the said Kodzovi Klugah.

The dependants on whose behalf damages were claimed against the defendants are (a) the plaintiff herself, Madam Mary Afiwa Solomon, the uterine sister of the deceased Kodzovi Klugah, (b) Moses Kofi Klugah, aged thirteen years, son of the deceased, (c) Charles Komla Klugah, aged eleven years, son of the deceased, (d) Adjovi Klugah aged eight years daughter of the deceased and (e) Madam Mieso Klugah widow of the deceased.

In paragraph 4 of her statement of cl…

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