Bruwer v Joubert

JurisdictionSouth Africa
JudgeOgilvie Thompson AR, Rumpff AR, Botha AR, Holmes AR en Williamson AR
Judgment Date24 May 1966
Citation1966 (3) SA 334 (A)
Hearing Date06 May 1966
CourtAppellate Division

Rumpff, A.R.:

Hierdie appèl is gerig teen 'n bevel van Regter DE VOS HUGO wat in die Griekwaland Wes Plaaslike Afdeling uitgereik is, en waarvolgens die appellant (hierna genoem die verweerder) gelas is om aan die respondent (hierna genoem die eiser) die volgende bedrae te betaal weens oorspel wat verweerder met eiser se vrou gepleeg het, en as gevolg waarvan 'n oorspelige kind gebore is:

Rumpff AR

(a)

R2,500 as algemene skadevergoeding;

(b)

R188 as onderhoud vir die kind vir sy eerste lewensjaar, asook R20 per maand vanaf 1 Januarie 1963 totdat die kind skooltoe gaan, en daarna R25 per maand totdat die kind sy skoolopleiding voltooi het;

(c)

A R342.10, synde mediese koste en aptekers- en hospitaalkoste;

(d)

R196, synde reiskoste in verband met die bevalling en daaruit voortspruitende siekte van eiser se vrou.

[Die Edelagbare Regter het toe met eise (b), (c) en (d) afgehandel en soos volg voortgegaan.]

B Die belangrikste geskilpunt in hierdie saak is die bedrag van R2,500 wat die Verhoorregter as vergoeding vir ideële skade toegeken het. Skynbaar sou hierdie bedrag 'n hoogtepunt in ons regspraak wees en die vraag ontstaan of die omstandighede so 'n hoogtepunt regverdig. Die aard van oorspel as 'n injuria blyk uit de Groot, Inleidinge, III.35, wat handel oor hoon. In op. cit. III.35.9, sê die skrywer:

C 'Wie overspel bedrijfe met een ghehoude vrouw, al doet hy zulcks met haar wille, doet hoon aen den man, ende is overzulcks ten dien aenzien aen de man verbonden, boven vergoedinge van schade die de man ofte kinderen daer door komen te lyden.'

In Viviers v Kilian, 1927 AD 449 te bl. 455, is ten opsigte van skadevergoeding weens oorspel soos volg beslis:

'damages in a claim against the adulterer are recoverable on two D entirely separate and distinct grounds; first on the ground of the injury or contumelia inflicted upon the husband, and secondly on the ground of the loss of the comfort, society, and services of his wife'.

Dis duidelik dat die tweede grond wat hier genoem word, aanleiding kan gee tot vergoeding van ideële skade weens verlies van liefde en E geestelike steun, sowel as materiële skade weens verlies van toesig oor die huishouding en kinders, erkende pligte van die vrou in die huwelik wat weerspieël word in die huweliksformulier van die Afrikaanse Kerke waarin die vrou beloof om haar wettige man lief te hê en te eer, en haar man behulpsaam te wees in alles wat goed en reg is, en oor haar huishouding goed toesig te hou.

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    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics 403 US 388 (1971) Broome v Cassell & Co [1972] AC 1027 (HL) Bruwer v Joubert 1966 (3) SA 334 (A) Butz v Economou 438 US 478 (1978) Byrne v Ireland (1972] IR 241 Callinicos v Burman 1963 (1) SA 489 (A) Carey v Piphus 435 US 247 (1978)......
  • De v RH
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    • Invalid date
    ...Drotsky 2002 (4) SA 1 (SCA) (2002 (12) BCLR 1229; [2002] 3 All SA 363; [2002] ZASCA 35): dictum in para [91] applied Bruwer v Joubert 1966 (3) SA 334 (A): overruled Carmichele v Minister of Safety and Security and Another (Centre for Applied Legal Studies Intervening) 2001 (4) SA 938 (CC) (......
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    • Acta Juridica No. , December 2019
    • 24 December 2019
    ...the claim for the rst time in Viviers v Kilian 1927 AD 449. See further Foulds v Smith 1950 (1) SA 1 (A) and Bruwer v Joubert 1966 (3) SA 334 (A) 337. 234 See also A Barratt ‘Teleological pragmatism, ahistorical history and ignoring the Constitution – Recent examples from the Supreme Court......
  • RH v DE
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...CPD 131: dictum at 132 – 133 approved 2014 (6) SA p437 Biccard v Biccard and Fryer (1892) 9 SC 473: referred to A Bruwer v Joubert 1966 (3) SA 334 (A): applied Carmichele v Minister of Safety and Security and Another (Centre for Applied Legal Studies Intervening) 2001 (4) SA 938 (CC) (2002 ......
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  • Fose v Minister of Safety and Security
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics 403 US 388 (1971) Broome v Cassell & Co [1972] AC 1027 (HL) Bruwer v Joubert 1966 (3) SA 334 (A) Butz v Economou 438 US 478 (1978) Byrne v Ireland (1972] IR 241 Callinicos v Burman 1963 (1) SA 489 (A) Carey v Piphus 435 US 247 (1978)......
  • De v RH
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Drotsky 2002 (4) SA 1 (SCA) (2002 (12) BCLR 1229; [2002] 3 All SA 363; [2002] ZASCA 35): dictum in para [91] applied Bruwer v Joubert 1966 (3) SA 334 (A): overruled Carmichele v Minister of Safety and Security and Another (Centre for Applied Legal Studies Intervening) 2001 (4) SA 938 (CC) (......
  • RH v DE
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...CPD 131: dictum at 132 – 133 approved 2014 (6) SA p437 Biccard v Biccard and Fryer (1892) 9 SC 473: referred to A Bruwer v Joubert 1966 (3) SA 334 (A): applied Carmichele v Minister of Safety and Security and Another (Centre for Applied Legal Studies Intervening) 2001 (4) SA 938 (CC) (2002 ......
  • Godfrey and Others v Campbell
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    • Invalid date
    ...Rl 000 awarded. (At 582H.) The following cases were cited in the judgment of the Coun: Buell v Brooks 28 Conn Sup 106 Bruwer v Joubert 1966 (3) SA 334 (A) Chapman v Chapman and Another 1977 (4) SA 142 (NC) Conradie v Wiehahn 1911 CPD 704 De Beer v Sergeant 197 6 (1) SA 246 (T) Foulds v Smit......
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