Read the full judgment text of CACV 000058/1986 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 July 1986.
1. During February 1980 Mr. Dharmvir Madnani, the plaintiff in these proceedings, came into possession of an order for US$73,250 drawn by the defendant, Mr. Assan Datwani, on the New York Branch of the Standard Chartered Bank and dated 11th of that month. It instructed the bank to "Pay to the Order of Cash". The word "Cash" was in handwriting and the words "Pay to the Order of" were in print. On March 5th the plaintiff requested his bankers in Hong Kong to present the order for payment but by th