DJABANOR J.: On or about the 11th March, 1960, the first plaintiff Ama Yeboah and her daughter Akua Fokuo, the second plaintiff, were passengers in a lorry driven by the third defendant and owned by the first and second defendants. The lorry was in collision with another lorry, and the plaintiff and her said daughter sustained injuries. It is common ground that the defendants were responsible in law for these injuries sustained through the negligence of their driver, the third defendant.
The remaining question is that of damages. The plaintiffs jointly are claiming £G49 8s. as special damages, and £G3,000 general damages. I will first deal with the claim for special damages. Here the only claims contested are those in respect of expenses in connection with the visit to the native doctor. Counsel contended that the visit to the native doctor was quite unnecessary. For my part I do not think that having regard to the background of the plaintiffs, especially their way of life and the supe…