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1. This action arises out of an accident which occurred on the 11th April, 1970. The plaintiff was at that time a coolie. He was hired to shift cartons of refrigerators from a lighter to the waterside. The refrigerators were then loaded on to a lorry by a crane. The lorry then proceeded to the defendant's godown where they were to be off-loaded. The plaintiff rode on the back of the lorry in order to look after the load on its journey to the godown. Upon arriving at the godown. the driver of the