IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
(Coram: Gachuhi, Apaloo JJA and Kwach Ag JA)
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 113 OF 1984
BETWEEN
EAST AFRICAN RAILWAYS CORPORATION..........................APPELLANT
AND
KARANGI....................................................................................RESPONDENT
JUDGMENT
(Appeal from a judgment of the High Court at Nairobi, Platt J)
October 27, 1988 Apaloo JA delivered the following Judgment.
The East African Railways Corporation (which I shall hereafter call the Corporation) appeals against the judgment of the High Court, Platt J (as he then was ) delivered on the 19th January 1984. By that judgment, the Court awarded general and special damages against the corporation for unlawful eviction of the respondent from its quarters.
The respondent was first employed into the service of the corporation on 1st July, 1952 as Welfare Assistant. He subsequently progressed through the ranks and by April 1975, attained the status of Personnel Officer. On the 25th June, 1974, he wa…