Ex parte: Van Marle [1911] ZAWLD 35 (10 August 1911)

Lunatic - Curator ad litem - Action against undeclared Lunatic - Procl.36 of 1902

Where a husband with the object of instituting nullity proceedings against his wife whom he alleged to be insane applied for the appointment of a curator ad litem to her, and it appeared that she had not been declared insane but was being confined in a Lunatic
Asylum by virtue of Procl.36 of 1902.

Held, that the application should be refused, and the applicant left to institute ordinary lunacy inquiry proceedings.