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APALOO J.A.
The respondent is a young woman who in 1966 was employed as a pump attendant at an Agip petrol filling station in Kumasi. She was then aged 22 and was in receipt of income at the rate of N¢13 per month. At about 12 noon on 27 October 1966 she was sitting under a tree close to the kerb at the station when a Bedford tanker No. AT 6897 driven by one James Marfo collided with her. Her right leg was almost completely crushed under the lorry and she received a number of injuries to other parts of her body. She lost consciousness as a result of her injuries. She regained it at the hospital a fortnight afterwards.
The action which culminated in this appeal was accordingly brought to recover damages for her injuries and such income as she lost by reason of the accident. In addition to James Marfo the actual tortfeasor, two other persons were sued, namely, a P. K. Nsiah and Shell Company of Ghana Ltd. The former was the master of the driver Marfo and the latter was the legal owner of …