THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA V. STUART BROTHERS PTY. LTD. & ANOR
High Court of Australia
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REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
Judgment delivered at 2¥ONBY
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26th JULY, 1949
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HE COMMON EALTH OF AUSTRALIA
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JUDGMENT (ORAL) LATHAM CoJe
We are of opinion that the demurrer should be allowed to'
part of the statement of claim, namely, paragraphs 21 to 28. In ;
these paragraphs allegations are made of terms which are sought to"
be implied in the written contract and of breaches of those implied
terms. We are of opinion that there are no terms in the contract x
other facts alleged which support these allegations and therefore |
the demurrer should be allowed in respect of these paragraphse
Speaking generally, the implications sought to be made i
are implications that true.information should be given by honest
persons to the Commonwealth in respect of goods supplied through
several hands to the Commomealth for the purpose of performing the e
contract which was made between the Commonwealth and Stuart Brother'
Pty. Ltd.
The contract, however, is a contract for the supply and
delivery of materials, to be paid for upon the terms sét forth in
the contract, namely, invoices, delivery dockets and the like
certified by Stuart Brothers. If Stuart Brothers make claims upon
improper certifications in respect of the materials not delivered,
or short delivered, the position is that Stuart Brothers are not
entitled to be paid.
~ The statement of claim as left surviving, after the
allowance of the demurrer to part of the statement of claim, will
support a claim for money paid under a mistake of fact. As my
brother Dixon, however, has said, the statement of claim is not
very artistically drawn, and liberty, therefore, will be given to
the plaintiff to amend the statement of claim if so advised. The
demurrer, however, is allowed in part, namely, in relation to the
paragrathswhich I have mentioned - paragraphs 21 to 28 - and accordingly
the plaintiff will pay the costs of the demurrer.