Read the full judgment text of HCA 004184/1979 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The plaintiff company claims the sum of $500,000 in respect of a contract of indemnity. The defendant admits signing a document, upon which the plaintiff relies as evidence of the contract, but pleads, firstly, that it was a guarantee, not an indemnity, and that the defendant has been discharged by virtue of a variation of the contract between the plaintiff and the principal debtor; and, secondly, that improper pressure and misrepresentation by a director of the plaintiff render the agreement