Sides v Elders [2000] NSWSC 749
The magistrate was entitled to find on sufficient material that the plaintiff had failed to deliver the cattle by 23 December 1995 and that, in the circumstances, this breach amounted to a repudiation entitling the defendant to rescind; no notice making time of the essence was required.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 27 July 2000
- Procedural Posture
- Appeal Under S69 of the Local Court (civil Claims) Act 1970 From a Local Court Civil Claim Arising Out of a Contract for the Sale of Cattle / Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed with costs.
- Legal Topics
- ['contract for Sale of Cattle' 'delivery Obligations' 'rescission' 'repudiation' 'time of Delivery']
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Procedural Posture
Appeal Under S69 of the Local Court (civil Claims) Act 1970 From a Local Court Civil Claim Arising Out of a Contract for the Sale of Cattle / Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 ["Whether the plaintiff's failure to deliver cattle by 23 December 1995 entitled the defendant to rescind the contract." 'Whether the defendant was required to give notice making time of delivery of the essence before rescinding.' "Whether there was evidence to support the magistrate's findings on failure to deliver and repudiation."]
Ratio Decidendi
The magistrate was entitled to find on sufficient material that the plaintiff had failed to deliver the cattle by 23 December 1995 and that, in the circumstances, this breach amounted to a repudiation entitling the defendant to rescind; no notice making time of the essence was required.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Orders
- ['Appeal dismissed with costs.']
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