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CHIHOWA v MANGWENDE 1987 (1) ZLR 228 (S)

1987 (1) ZLR p228

Citation

1987 (1) ZLR 228 (S)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Dumbutshena CJ, Gubbay JA & Manyarara JA

Heard

7 July 1987

Judgment

4 August 1987

Counsel

N A Chinogwenya for the appellant
D A B Robinson (Pro Deo) for the respondent

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Customary law — succession — Legal Age of Majority Act, 1982 (No. 15 of 1982) — effect on status of women over 18 years old — capacity to inherit ab intestato under customary law.

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