Thomson CJ:

This is an appeal from a judgment of Ismail Khan J, whereby he awarded $21,500 damages to the widow and the administratrix of the estate of one Ng Ah Thong who died on 26 March 1956, as a result of injuries which he received in consequence of being run down by a motor lorry belonging to the present appellant and driven by one Ali bin Mohamed Kassim. The plaintiff alleged that at the time of the accident the lorry was being driven negligently by Ali who was the appellant's servant and who was driving the lorry in the course of his employment. She sued Ali and the appellant as administratrix for damage to the deceased consisting in loss of expectation of life and for herself and the children of the deceased for loss of support under the Civil Law Enactment.

In the event the trial Judge found that the appellant's lorry was being driven negligently by the first defendant who was at all material times the appellant's servant or agent. He awarded the plaintiff as administratrix $3,500 for loss of expectation of life on the part of the deceased and he awarded $18,000 for loss of support on the part of herself and the children of the deceased. For some reason, which i