Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 008252/1990 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 17 May 1991.
1. This case poses the dilemma, not infrequently encountered in mercantile transactions, of deciding which of two supposedly innocent persons must suffer as a result of the dishonesty or wrongful conduct of a third. The plaintiff seeks to recover from the first defendant (D1) the sum of $74,670, as the price of goods allegedly sold to D1, or as damages for its non-acceptance, pursuant to a contract allegedly concluded in August 1989 by Raymond Leung, on behalf of the plaintiff, and Ng Hung Yiu (