Read the full judgment text of HCA 004241/1982 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This unhappy piece of litigation comes about in the following circumstances. The plaintiff and the defendant are husband and wife. They have one child, a daughter, now aged 20. In about 1963, the plaintiff left the defendant to live with his mistress who has given him three children. The defendant continued to live with the daughter and the plaintiff's mother in what had been the matrimonial home. The plaintiff's mother died on 3rd May 1981 and the plaintiff is the administrator of her estate