The South African Law Reports: Transvaal provincial divisionJan Hendrik Gey van Pittius, South Africa. Supreme Court. Transvaal Provincial Division, Adolf Davis J.C. Juta & Company, 1918 |
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accused action affidavit agreement alleged amount appeal appellant applicant appointed asked Attorneys Benoni bona vacantia BRISTOWE bye-law Cape Town charged chicory circumstances claim clear conclusion contract conviction costs creditors Criminal Crown CURLEWIS damages debtor decided decision defendant dismissed document Durban duty entitled evidence fact Germiston give given granted GREGOROWSKI ground held hop beer insolvent intended Johannesburg judgment jurisdiction Kerkeraad kraal land legislature liable licence licensing court liquidator liquor magistrate magistrate's court matter mealies meaning ment Municipality native objection offence opinion Ordinance owner paid parties payment person Pietersburg plaintiff postponement present Pretoria principal register proceedings promissory note provides purchaser question railway reason receipt referred refused regard registered Registrar resident magistrate respondent Respondent's rule says sell sentence sold stamp duty statement statute sub-sec sued surety Tindall tion Transvaal VILLIERS WESSELS witness words workman
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Page 81 - 'Workman' .... means any person who has entered into or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, whether by way of manual labour, clerical work, or otherwise, and whether the contract is express or implied, is oral or in writing.
Page 44 - or restore the money or property or any part thereof respectively with interest at such rate as the Court thinks just, or to contribute such sum to the assets of the company by way of compensation in respect of the misapplication, retention, misfeasance or breach of trust as the Court thinks just.
Page 116 - Where a person takes a crossed cheque which bears on it the words ' not negotiable,' he shall not have and shall not -be capable of giving a better title to the cheque than that which the person, from whom he took it had.
Page 206 - be expected to realise if offered at the time of valuation for sale on such reasonable terms and conditions as a bona fide seller would require, due regard being had not only to such particular rateable property but to other properties of similar class, character, value, position or other comparative factors.
Page 173 - public duty, whether legal or moral, or in 'the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned. In such cases, the occasion prevents the inference of malice, which the law draws from unauthorised communications, and affords a qualified defence depending upon the absence of actual malice. If fairly warranted by any reasonable occasion or exigency, and honestly made, such communications
Page 42 - knowledge of the fraud either by express words or by unequivocal acts, affirmed the contract, their election has been determined for ever. But we differ from them in this that we think the party defrauded may keep the question open so long as he does nothing to affirm the contract. The principle is precisely the
Page 471 - Every male person who in public or in private aids or is a party to the commission by any male person of any act of gross indecency with another male person shall be guilty of an offence
Page 43 - course of winding up a company it appears that any person who has taken part in the formation or promotion of the company, or any past or present director, manager or liquidator, or any officer of the company, has
Page 244 - deceived the party into putting him into the box. In such a case it is necessary in the interests of justice that the examining counsel should be allowed to cross-examine the witness and to show that he really deceived the party calling him; his statement must be put to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such a statement. It
Page 85 - Provided that it shall be a sufficient defence to any charge under this section if it shall be made to appear to the Court or jury before whom the charge is brought that the girl at the time of the commission of