A British firm having arrested in the hands of another British firm a debt due by the latter to an alien enemy, which was not payable until twelve days after the outbreak of war, and an action of furthcoming having been brought against the arrestees, the House of Lords, on the ground that a question of importance was raised on which it was not desirable to express an opinion, continued a sist till the end of the war, and dismissed without expenses an appeal against an interlocutor sisting the action.
Lord Chancellor (Finlay), Viscount Haldane, Lord Dunedin, Lord Shaw, and Lord Parmoor
[1918] UKHL 437, 55 SLR 437
Bailii
Scotland
Contract
Updated: 08 January 2022; Ref: scu.631475