Read the full judgment text of HCA 001141/1969 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This is an action for damages for conversion. The plaintiff is the Bank Negara of Indonesia Hong Kong Branch carrying on a banking business in Hong Kong, The defendant is the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd. which carries on business inter alia as warehouseman and wharfinger. On the 5th of September 1968 one Nam Hoi Co. Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "the Nam Hoi") applied to the plaintiff for an irrevocable letter of credit in favour of the Central Asia Investment Co. in Sing