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JUDGMENT

Thomson CJ:

This is an appeal from a decision of Neal J. I do not think it is an unfair summary of the appellant's grounds of appeal to say that they amount to this that she does not like the decision and hopes that this Court will be able to find something wrong with it.

At some time the appellant would appear to have acquired rights of disposal over a quantity of mining machinery which had been lying unused since before the war on a piece of land in Trengganu known as the Bundi Concession, which lies some way from the mouth of the Kemaman River.

The appellant's title to this machinery would seem to have given rise to a certain amount of litigation in the past. In the circumstances of the present case, however, the respondent is estopped from denying that the machinery belonged to her or that she had full powers of disposal over it including the power to sell it.

On 30 June 1953 the parties entered into an agreement about this machinery which was reduced to writing. I am reluctant to express myself at length regarding this agreement because the solicitor who drafted it has recently died. I must, however, observe that it is lacking in clarity and precision. It seems to

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