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MADAN v MACEDO HEIRS & ANOR 1991 (1) ZLR 295 (S)

1991 (1) ZLR p295

Citation

1991 (1) ZLR 295 (S)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Gubbay CJ, Korsah JA & Ebrahim JA

Heard

20 May 1991

Judgment

14 June 1991

Counsel

E W W Morris for the appellant
M R D Stonier for the first respondent
M J Gillespie for the second respondent

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Contract — offer and acceptance — need for communication of acceptance before agreement complete — vagueness — duty of court to interpret ut res magis valent quam pereat — pre-emptive right — terms — no need for purchase price to be stipulated — enforcement — holder may be permitted remedy of specific performance to secure delivery of property from subsequent purchaser with knowledge of his prior right — notice of — genuine and reasonable belief that right does not exist renders purchaser invulnerable.

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