Read the full judgment text of HCA 001568/1967 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 11 October 1969.
1. The plaintiff and defendant were formerly patient and herbalist. They became friends and later became partners in a medicine business. There is undisputed evidence that at or about the end of January 1966 the plaintiff sent to the defendant a draft for st. £1,000, but issue has been joined as to the purpose for which the payment was made. The statement of claim alleges that the money was sent for safe custody pending the return of the plaintiff to Hong Kong from New Zealand. The case as prese