Van der Veeken v Watsons Farm (Pukepoto) Ltd - [1974] 2 NZLR 146

Sale of land — The contract of sale — Memorandum — Signature — Authenticated signature fiction — Contract drawn on behalf of a party and not executed but submitted to other party for signature is not enforceable by that other party unless from the form of the document or from the surrounding circumstances it is not intended to be signed by any party other than the one to whom it was sent — Contracts Enforcement Act 1956, s 2.

Sale of land — Agent's authority — Extent of authority to bind principal.

Practice — Nonsuit — Plaintiff's case irreparably defective — Judgment for defendant in lieu of nonsuit.