20 Feb 2002
WONG WAI SHING v. SAE YAB VICHIEN
- Citation
- WONG WAI SHING v. SAE YAB VICHIEN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP7733/1999
The court found the defendant failed to account for the missing link between the succession memorial and the subsequent sale memorial; the District Officer's signature does not validate the transaction; a vendor cannot rely on a document being pre-intermediate to avoid answering a requisition challenging root title; however certified memorials sufficed as cogent secondary evidence to prove due execution of the missing mortgage and redemption. Accordingly the defendant failed to show or prove good title to the property and the plaintiff may pursue damages.