Brodie v Du Plessis, Estate of [1913] ZAWLD 7 (10 April 1913)

Landllord and tenant - Lease - Transfer - Consent of lessor - Cession in securitatem debiti - Consent of lessor not obtained - Effect of

In terms of a lease no transfer thereof could be effected without the lessor's consent.

Held, that a cession of the lease as security for a debt was valid even without the lessor's consent, but that the lessor was not bound to recognise such cessionary.