Velji v Takim and Company
Velji v Takim and Company (Civil Appeal No. 40 of 1952) [1952] EACA 180 (1 January 1952)
The Court held that the document in question was a broker's note prepared and signed by the broker, setting out the terms and conditions of the sale above the broker's signature, with the signatures of the seller and buyer below. The presence of words in Gujarati did not alter the essential character of the document as a broker's note. As the stamp was affixed after execution and not by the broker, the document failed to comply with the mandatory requirements of the Zanzibar Stamp Decree. Consequently, the document was inadmissible in evidence, and the respondent's claim for damages could not…
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- Contract Enforceability
- Stamp Duty Requirements
- Admissibility Of Evidence
- Brokerage Contracts