Read the full judgment text of HCA 000276/1976 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The material facts of this case may be shortly set out. The plaintiff was the registered shareholder of a considerable number of shares in the defendant bank. In May 1973 the certificates relating to those shares were presented to the bank together with completed share transfer forms. The presentation was not made on behalf of the plaintiff or with his knowledge. It was made on behalf of a person who had no title to the shares whatsoever. The signatures on the share transfer forms purporting