IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
(Coram: Kneller and Nyarangi, JJ.A. and Gachuhi, Ag. J.A)
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 36 OF 1984
BETWEEN
KENYA HORTICULTURAL EXPORTERS (1977) LIMITED....................... APPELLANT
AND
PATRICK PAPE (t/a OSIRUA ESTATE) ....................................................RESPONDENT
(Appeal from the order of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Todd J) dated 24th March, 1983
in
Civil Case No. 2077 of 1982)
JUDGMENT OF NYARANGI, J.A.
This is an appeal in an unusual case. The appellant as plaintiff sued the respondent as defendant claiming a sum of Kshs 96,721.15 plus interest at court rates from the date of filing suit until payment purported to be the balance of money due from and payable by the defendant to the plaintiff in respect of goods sold and delivered to the defendant at this request during the years 1951 to 1952 full particulars of which according to the defendant, the plaintiff had been supplied with.
The defendant by his defence dated August 12, 1982 denied being i…