Baker v Kempton Park Municipality

JurisdictionSouth Africa
JudgeHill J and Theron J
Judgment Date27 April 1961
CourtTransvaal Provincial Division
Hearing Date27 April 1961

D Hill, J.:

It is not necessary to hear you, Mr. Grundlingh.

The plaintiff, who is the respondent in this appeal, instituted an action against the defendant, the present appellant, for payment of the sum of £200 on the following particulars as set out in the summons:

'1.

Op 6 Oktober 1959 het eiseres in 'n publieke straat, te wete E Pretoriaweg, Kempton Park, langs die sypaadjie geloop.

2.

Die verweerder het in genoemde straat 'n dubbelgeut deurgang gebou naby die winkel bekend as Aero Stores.

3.

Verweerder was nalatig in die bou van gesegde deurgang deurdat die oppervlakte daarvan, wat die sypaadjie oorskry so glad gemaak is dat dit gevaarlik is om daarop te loop.

4.

As gevolg van die gesegde gevaarlike toestand van die deurgang het F eiseres daarop gegly en liggaamlike beserings opgedoen, wat haar skade in die bedrag van £250 berokken het; en

5.

Eiseres doen afstand van die bedrag van £50 om haar eis binne die jurisdiksie van die hof te bring.

6.

Nieteenstaande behoorlike aanmaning weier en/of laat die verweerder na om die gemelde bedrag te betaal.'

G In response to a request for further particulars as to the date and contents of the letter of demand referred to in the particulars of the summons a document dated the 18th November, 1959, in the form of a letter addressed to the Town Clerk, Kempton Park, was filed by the plaintiff. The letter reads as follows:

'Waarde heer,

Op 6 Oktober 1959 het my kliënt, Mev. S. M. Baker gegly op die sypaadjie H in Pretoriaweg, Kempton Park, en teen die randstene geval. In die val, wat veroorsaak was deur 'n gladde geut deurgang, het my kliënt ernstige beserings opgedoen.

As gevolg van die beserings het my kliënt skade gely in die bedrag van £350, en ek het opdrag om betaling hiervan van u Raad te vorder.

Neem asseblief kennis dat tensy ek betaling van genoemde bedrag ontvang voor of op 21 Desember 1959, dagvaarding daarvoor uitgereik sal word.'

The defendant in a special plea says that the plaintiff failed to comply with the requirement of sec. 172 (2) of the Local Government Ordinance, 17 of 1939, which provides:

Hill J

'(1)

All actions against the local authority shall be brought within six months of the time when the causes of such actions arose;

(2)

no such action shall be commenced unless written notice of the intention to bring such action shall have been served on the local authority at least 30 days before the action is...

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    • Invalid date
    ...soortgelyke sake soos Osler v Johannesburg City Council, 1948 (1) SA 1027 (W); Baker v Kempton 1966 (2) SA p248 Park Municipality, 1961 (3) SA 484 (T); Dease v Minister of Justice, 1962 (3) SA 215 (T) op bl. 219, is nie in pari materia nie, aangesien die voorskrifte wat daar ter sprake was,......
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    • Invalid date
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    • Invalid date
    ...C Ltd. v Durban City Council, 1959 (1) SA 169; Administrator, Transvaal v Husband, 1959 (1) SA 392; Baker v Kempton Park Municipality, 1961 (3) SA 484; Pakco (Pty.) Ltd. v Verulam Town Board and Others, 1962 (4) SA 632; Rondalia Versekeringskorporasie van Suid-Afrika Bpk. v Lemmer, 1966 (2)......
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    • Invalid date
    ...(1) SA 1027 (W) op bl. 1031; Administrator, Transvaal v Husband, 1959 (1) SA 392 (AA) op bl. 394; Baker v Kempton Park D Municipality, 1961 (3) SA 484 (T), het hy gesuggereer dat die oogmerke van art. 170 bloot is om die munisipaliteit geleentheid te gee om die relevante insident te onderso......
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  • Rondalia Versekeringskorporasie van Suid-Afrika Bpk v Lemmer
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...soortgelyke sake soos Osler v Johannesburg City Council, 1948 (1) SA 1027 (W); Baker v Kempton 1966 (2) SA p248 Park Municipality, 1961 (3) SA 484 (T); Dease v Minister of Justice, 1962 (3) SA 215 (T) op bl. 219, is nie in pari materia nie, aangesien die voorskrifte wat daar ter sprake was,......
  • Nach v South African Railways & Harbours
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Dease v Minister of Justice, 1962 (2) SA 302; Osler v Johannesburg City Council, 1948 (1) SA 1027; Baker v Kempton Park Municipality, 1961 (3) SA 484; Murphy v S.A.R. & H., 1946 NPD 252; Mowlem v Morris, 1929 E.D.L. 211 at p. 217; Liquidator B's Publicity Service v McLachlan, 1925 T.P.D. 66......
  • Avex Air (Pty) Ltd v Borough of Vryheid
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...C Ltd. v Durban City Council, 1959 (1) SA 169; Administrator, Transvaal v Husband, 1959 (1) SA 392; Baker v Kempton Park Municipality, 1961 (3) SA 484; Pakco (Pty.) Ltd. v Verulam Town Board and Others, 1962 (4) SA 632; Rondalia Versekeringskorporasie van Suid-Afrika Bpk. v Lemmer, 1966 (2)......
  • Boshof Munisipaliteit v Niemann
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...(1) SA 1027 (W) op bl. 1031; Administrator, Transvaal v Husband, 1959 (1) SA 392 (AA) op bl. 394; Baker v Kempton Park D Municipality, 1961 (3) SA 484 (T), het hy gesuggereer dat die oogmerke van art. 170 bloot is om die munisipaliteit geleentheid te gee om die relevante insident te onderso......
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