Cape Dairy and General Livestock Auctioneers v Sim
| Jurisdiction | South Africa |
| Judge | Innes CJ, Solomon JA, De Villiers JA, Kotzé JA and Wessels JA |
| Judgment Date | 15 September 1923 |
| Hearing Date | 15 September 1923 |
| Court | Appellate Division |
Innes, C.J.:
Mr. Fischer exercised a wise discretion in abandoning the first of the suggested grounds for the a application. When a Court is asked to enforce or uphold a contract which the law expressly forbids, it is not only justified but bound to take cognizance of the prohibition and the consequent illegality. And that course has been repeatedly followed by the South African Courts. There remains the Second ground: Now ratification relates back to the original transaction, and there can be no ratification of a contract which is prohibited and made illegal by statute. Had there been a new contract or an independent undertaking, the position would have been different; but all that happened here was that the respondent on a week-day promised that be would pay the balance of the price in terms of his original contract. There was no new or indpendent agreement. Interesting questions may, arise...
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Amcoal Collieries Ltd v Truter
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Theron en Andere v Ring van Wellington van die NG Sendingkerk in Suid-Afrika en Andere
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Du Plessis v Joubert
...ongeldig is nie. D Sien York Estates Limited v Wareham, 1950 (1) SA 125 op bl. 126; Cape Dairy and General Livestock Auctioneers v Sim, 1924 AD 167; Findlay and Sullivan v Brown & Co., 1926 AD 272; Goldberg v Krone and Others, 1947 (4) SA 867. Waar die sluiting van 'n ooreenkoms of die term......
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Amcoal Collieries Ltd v Truter
...Executors 1903 TS 515 at 522; Moseley Buildings v Transvaal Rubber Co 1907 TH 140; Cape Dairy and General Livestock Auctioneers v Simm 1924 AD 167 at 170; Souter v Norris 1933 AD 41 at 50; Trust Bank van Afrika Bpk v Eksteen 1964 (3) SA 402 (A) at 411 - 12; Odendaalsrus Gold, General Invest......
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Theron en Andere v Ring van Wellington van die NG Sendingkerk in Suid-Afrika en Andere
...public policy the court is entitled to take notice of this fact on its own initiative: Cape Dairy & General Livestock Auctioneers v. Sim, 1924 AD 167. (2). Joinder of C all necessary parties: Kethel v. Kethel's Estate, 1949 (3) SA 598; (3). The jurisdiction of the court. (4). The locus stan......
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Du Plessis v Joubert
...ongeldig is nie. D Sien York Estates Limited v Wareham, 1950 (1) SA 125 op bl. 126; Cape Dairy and General Livestock Auctioneers v Sim, 1924 AD 167; Findlay and Sullivan v Brown & Co., 1926 AD 272; Goldberg v Krone and Others, 1947 (4) SA 867. Waar die sluiting van 'n ooreenkoms of die term......
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Neugarten and Others v Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd
...be no ratification of a transaction which is prohibited and made illegal by statute'. (Cape Dairy and General Livestock Auctioneers v Sim 1924 AD 167 at 170 per Innes I do not think that that argument could be sustained. There is C a fundamental distinction to be drawn. The dictum of Innes ......
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The 'Dual Purpose' of Section 6(1) of the Trust Property Control Act: A Possible Solution to the Problems Caused by the Authorisation Requirement
...v Minister of Justice80that any such distinction is732000 THRHR 475.74576D-F.75Santam Insurance Ltd v Booi 1995 3 SA 301 (A) 302.761924 AD 167.77170. Also see Neugarten v Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd 1989 1 SA 797 (A) 808G-H whereKumleben JA stated that: ‘‘It is well-settled law that t......