Read the full judgment text of HCA 004464/1988 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 April 1991.
1. The plaintiff's case against the defendants, in law and in equity, was initially sought to be advanced on an alleged oral agreement reached on 17th April 1988. In the Re-Amended Statement of Claim and the Particulars delivered, this alleged oral agreement was said to be evidenced in writing by his estate agent's letter dated 20th April, dispatched to the 1st defendant and signed on its behalf by the 2nd defendant. That letter was a letter of offer, designated as such and made, for the first