Read the full judgment text of HCA 000307/1947 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 January 1948.
1. This is a summons under section 23 of the Code of Civil Procedure for leave to proceed to judgment and execution upon a specially endorsed writ. Before dealing with the merits of the application, I desire to refer to a submission by counsel for the defendant in the course of argument as to the practice in England on similar applications made under Order 14 of the Rules of the Supreme Court from which section 23 of the Code of Civil Procedure is drawn. Counsel stated that the Court, in giving