Read the full judgment text of CACV 000004/1981 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. Between August 1976 and May 1977 the Plaintiffs deposited with the Defendants large sums of money in United States dollars. During July and August 1977 the Defendants transferred the whole of these sums to the Bank of America, at its branch office at the Bank of America Building, Kowloon, from which branch all the monies have been withdrawn. The Plaintiffs sued the Defendants, claiming that the transfers were wrongful and made on the strength of forged documents. The Defendants denied their c