Mashol v Johannesburg Municipality [1915] ZATPD 55 (6 August 1915)

Private Prosecution.-Appeal.-Unfounded and vexatious.-Costs.

The Court will only grant costs of an appeal in a private prosecution where the" appeal is unfounded and vexatious. The onus is upon the applicant to show
that, in addition to the appeal being unfounded, there was an abuse of the -process of the Court showing that the appeal is vexatious.CURLEWIS, J., diss. on the facts.