Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope - 1880 January

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Citation	Judgment date
January 1880
Kramer v Van Reenen and Another [1880] ZASCCGH 1 (12 January 1880) Reported A defendant’s misnomer in a summons does not automatically void judgment; registrars may require official attestation of out‑of‑colony powers of attorney. Civil procedure – Misnomer in summons – Effect on default judgment and writ of attachment – Misnomer not per se fatal. Civil practice – Reopening default judgment – availability of reopening where substantial defence exists. Conveyancing – Powers of attorney executed abroad – requirement of attestation by Landdrost/Justice of the Peace for Registrar of Deeds to accept transfer authority.	12 January 1880
R v September [1880] ZASCCGH 2 (12 January 1880) Reported The Vagranay Act (No. 23 of 1879), §§ 2, 9, & 11-Wandering Abroad. A Magistrate is not empowered by § ll of the Vagraney Act to give an alternative sentence of employment.	12 January 1880