Matthews v Green [1910] ZASCOFSPD 18 (1 November 1910)

Practice.-Pauper suit.-Absolution from the instance. -Refusal of leave to sue again in formda pauperis on the same facts.

Where M had sued G, a medical practitioner, in form(J. pauperis for damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of G's wrong diagnosis and failure to treat M's broken leg with reasonable
skill, and absolution from the instance had been granted, Held, that leave to sue G again in form,1, pauperis on the same facts, on the ground that further evidence was forthcoming to corroborate
that given by M and his witnesses at the trial, could not be granted.