Kroomer Ltd v Beckett and Co Ltd [1912] ZAWLD 12 (26 April 1912)

Jurisdiction---" Residence" - Company- Residence at
Branch Office-Jurisdiction of Witwatersrand Local
Divisicn-Procl. 14 of 1902, sec. 16.

Where an incorporated company had its head office and
registered address at Pretoria, but carried on a large
business at Johannesburg under a separate management,
to which large powers, including powers to bring and defend actions, were entrusted: -Held, that such company resided at Johannesburg within the meaning of Procl. 14 of 1902, sec. 16.
Such a company is amenable to the jurisdiction of the Witwatersrand Local Division in an action instituted against it on a contract made and to be performed within the "Witwatersrand District.
Quaere: Whether it is subject to the jurisdiction of that Division to the same emtent as an ordinary incola.