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PETITIONER:
K.J.NATHAN
Vs.
RESPONDENT:
S. V. MARUTY REDDY AND OTHERS
DATE OF JUDGMENT:
11/02/1964
BENCH:
SUBBARAO, K.
BENCH:
SUBBARAO, K.
MUDHOLKAR, J.R.
CITATION:
1965 AIR 430 1964 SCR (6) 727
ACT:
Mortgage-Mortgage by deposit of title deeds--No document executed on the day of deposit-Can intention be inferred from a deed subsequently executed and registered-Transfer of Property Act (Act No. IV of 1882), s. 58(f).
HEADNOTE:
The plaintiff-appellant filed a suit to enforce a mortgage by deposit of title deeds. The case of the plaintiff was that on 10th May, 1947, the 1st defendant deposited with the plaintiff at Madras other title deeds and papers relating to his half share in items specified in Schedule 'B' attached to the plaint with intent to create a security over the same in respect of advances made by the plaintiff. Before the 10th May, 1947, the 1st defendant borrowed from the plaintiff from time to time Rs. 16,500/- on 7 promissory notes. 'Me case of the plaintiff further was that the 1st defendant executed a memorandum of agreement, dated 5th July, 1947, in which the equitable mortgage thus created and the amount borrowed by him till then were acknowledged and he had undertaken to repay the said sum of Rs. 16,500/- with interest. This memorandum of agreement had been duly registered. This suit was for recovery of the principal amount of Rs. 16,500/- and interest thereon. The 1st defendant did not file any written statement denying the said allegations. The 3rd defendant (a subsequent mortgagee), the only contesting defendant, filed a written statement wherein he put the plaintiff to strict proof of the fact that the sums claimed in the plaint were due to him from the 1st defendant and of the fact that the 1st defendant effected a mortgage in his favour by deposit of title deeds. The Trial Court held that the 1st defendant had no intention to create a mortgage by deposit of title deeds on May 10, 1947. On appeal the HIgh Court also affirmed the finding of the trial Court. The question for consideration was whether on 10th May, 1947, there was a loan and whether the 1st defendant delivered to the appellant the documents of title of B Schedule properties with the intent to create a security thereon. Held:(i) Under the Transfer of the Property Act, a mortgage by deposit of title deeds is one of the forms of mortgages whereunder there is a transfer of interest in
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specific immovable property for the purpose of securing payment of money advanced or to be advanced by way of loan. Therefore, such a mortgage of property takes effect against a mortgage deed subsequently executed and registered in respect of the same property under Section 58(f) of the Transfer of Property Act. The three requisites of a mortgage by deposit of title deeds are, (i) debt, (ii) deposit of title deeds, and (iii) an intention than...stage to notice the relevant aspects of the law pertaining to mortgage by deposit of title deeds.
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Section 58(f) of the Transfer of Property Act defines...delivery satisfied the condition laid down by s. 58(f) of the Transfer of Property Act.
(Iii)There is nothing unusual in this conduct of the parties either. If there was a...