8 Oct 1976
CHU YEN ESTATES LTD v. HO SAU KI
- Citation
- CHU YEN ESTATES LTD v. HO SAU KI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1029/1976
The court found as a fact that the solicitor held the purchase money as agent for the defendant because the defendant treated and instructed the solicitor as his agent and received part of the purchase money; the execution and delivery of the assignment acknowledging receipt completed the vendor's obligation to deliver the property free of encumbrances and entitled the plaintiff to relief — the defendant must discharge the mortgage or pay sums to enable the plaintiff to discharge it; specific performance and consequential orders were therefore appropriate.