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[2012] ZASCA 62
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Carstens NO and Others v Carstens (409/11) [2012] ZASCA 62 (10 May 2012)
THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL OF
SOUTH AFRICA
JUDGMENT
Case No: 409/11
Not reportable
In the matter between:
CHRISTIAAN
LOUIS CARSTENS NO
…...................................
FIRST
APPELLANT
ANDRIES
JOHANNES DANIEL BESTER NO
…..................
SECOND
APPELLANT
ARNO
STRYDOM NO
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THIRD
APPELLANT
VINCENT
CYRIL TEE NO
…..................................................
FOURTH
APPELLANT
CHRISTIAAN
LOUIS CARSTENS
…..........................................
FIFTH
APPELLANT
and
BRIGID
MARY CARSTENS
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RESPONDENT
Neutral citation:
Carstens NO v Carstens
(409/11)
[2012] ZASCA 62
(10 May 2012).
Coram:
Brand, Cloete and Heher JJA
Heard:
10 May 2012
Delivered:
10 May 2012
Summary:
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ORDER
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On appeal from:
Eastern Cape High Court, Port
Elizabeth (Dambuza J
sitting as court of first instance):
The appeal is struck off the roll. The Trust
(represented by the first to fourth appellants) and the fifth
appellant, are ordered
to pay the respondent’s costs of appeal
jointly and severally.
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JUDGMENT
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CLOETE JA (BRAND AND HEHER JJA CONCURRING):
[1] The court a quo dismissed the ‘point in law’
raised by the appellants and granted leave to appeal to this court.
But the order amounts to the dismissal of an exception, which is
interlocutory and therefore not appealable. There is the specific
authority of
Maize Board v Tiger Oats Ltd
2002 (5) SA 365
(SCA) and the general authority of
Zweni v Minister of Law and
Order
1993 (1) SA 523
(A) at 532I-533B.
[2] The appeal must accordingly be struck off the roll.
[3] The following order is made:
The appeal is struck off the roll. The Trust
(represented by the first to fourth appellants) and the fifth
appellant, are ordered
to pay the respondent’s costs of appeal
jointly and severally.
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T D CLOETE
JUDGE OF APPEAL
APPEARANCES:
First to Fourth Appellant: P A van Niekerk SC (with him
Ms A Venter)
Instructed by:
Van Niekerk, Huisamen & Van Wyk, Uitenhage
Honey Attorneys, Bloemfontein
Fifth Appellant: J D Huisamen SC
Instructed by:
Kaplan Blumberg Attorneys, Port Elizabeth
Honey Attorneys, Bloemfontein
For Respondent: R G Buchanan SC
Instructed by:
G P van Rhyn Minnaar & Co, Uitenhage
Symington & De Kok, Bloemfontein