Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope During the Years 1850/52-1864/67: With Table of Cases and Alphabetical IndexJ. C. Juta, 1886 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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action affidavit agent agreement alleged amount appellant application appointed BELL Buchanan Cape Town Church Civil Commissioner claim Cloete coals Colony Colyn consistory contract costs creditors damages debt declaration defendant defendant's delivered diagram Dutch Reformed Church duty Ebden entitled evidence executor favour further Gildenhuys given Governor granted Haredale held HULL & MEINTJES hypothec insolvent insolvent estate interest J. H. HOFMEYR judges July 12 June 14 jurisdiction Krohn liable Loeriefontein main roads Majesty's pleasure malice Martell meeting mortgage mortgage bond Mossel Bay notice Ordinance owner paid parties party-wall payment plaintiff Plaintiff's Attorneys plea Port Elizabeth Porter present proceedings promissory note proved provisional sentence purchase question Rattray received referred refused REID Rustenberg ship signed sold Spuy steward Strydoms Vley summons Supreme Court surrender testator transfer Uitvlugt Voet Vuuren wall Watermeyer Weeber Wilson words writ WYLDE Zoetendals Zonnebloem
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Page 119 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation...
Page 119 - ... the first letter of the Christian name and the whole of the surname of the person...
Page 25 - We do hereby reserve to us, our heirs and successors, full power and authority from time to time to revoke, alter, or amend these our Letters Patent as to us or them shall seem meet. 8. The Governor shall cause these our Letters Patent to be published in the Government 'Gazette' of our Colony of the Falkland Islands, and the same shall thereupon come into force.
Page 17 - ... authority, or for the use or benefit of the incumbent of any such church or chapel, or of the spiritual person serving the same, it was enacted, that it should and might be lawful for the said...
Page 32 - ... expedient; and if on any occasion Our pleasure should not be signified to you upon any such ordinance as aforesaid within three years next after the date thereof, then and in every such case it is Our pleasure that from and after the expiration of such term of three years, such ordinance shall be deemed to be disallowed, and shall thenceforth cease to have any force or effect within our said Island.
Page 51 - And provided, also, that the jurisdiction of such Courts, in criminal cases, shall not be extended to any case wherein any person may be accused of any crime punishable by death, transportation, or banishment from the said Colony.
Page 20 - No. 14, 1845, aforesaid, and any other law or usage repugnant to, or inconsistent with, any of the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be repealed, and the same are hereby repealed accordingly...
Page 105 - ... lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises by virtue of these presents.
Page 25 - We do hereby require you with all convenient speed to transmit to Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State a transcript in Duplicate of...
Page 219 - ... property, as the said creditors shall agree to allow to the said insolvent ; Provided, that every such permission shall be subject to the approval or disapproval of the Supreme or any Circuit Court, on the application of any person interested in the due administration of the estate. 100. And...