ZIMNAT INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED v CHAWANDA 1990 (2) ZLR 143 (S)
Citation | 1990 (2) ZLR 143 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Gubbay ACT, McNally JA & Manyarara JA |
Heard | 12 July 1990 |
Judgment | 2 August 1990 |
Counsel | M R D Stonier for the appellant |
Case Type | Civil appeal |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
African affairs and customary law — customary law — whether wife married under unregistered customary union has right of support and thus right to compensation for loss of such support
Negligence — action for damages — loss of support — action by woman who had been living with deceased in terms of unregistered customary union — having regard to ss 12(3) and 4(a) of the Customary Law and Primary Courts Act 1981 giving such wife a legal right to support from her husband such wife is entitled in law to compensation for loss of support resulting from the unlawful killing of her husband.
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