The court was asked as to the effect of a note or memorandum in the form of instructions to a telegraph company signed by the party to be charged on whose behalf the telegram concerned was sent.
Held: Bovill CJ said: ‘the mere telegram written out and signed in the way indicated by the telegram clerk, if done with the authority of the vendors, would have been a sufficient signature’.
Judges:
Bovill CJ
Citations:
(1870) LR 5 CP 295
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Distinguished – Mehta v J Pereira Fernandes SA ChD 7-Apr-2006
The parties were in dispute. The now respondent threatened winding up. The appellant had someone in his company send an email requesting an adjournment and apparently giving a personal guarantee to a certain amount. The application was adjourned, . .
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Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.241715
