Read the full judgment text of HCA 000167/1974 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 September 1974.
1. This is an action brought upon a promissory note. The defendant admits having signed and given the note but alleges lack of consideration. To support this he gave evidence of the circumstances in which he says it came to be made. There is no need to go into the details of his story. It is sufficient to say that having heard both sides I have no hesitation in preferring the evidence of the plaintiff and his daughter to that of the defendant. However, that evidence presents difficulties. The di