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9
6
Balfour v
Balfour Kalia
Govardhan
Das
Bhagwan das
Girdhaoilal Purshottam 7 -
8
Harvey v
Facey 9
Felthous 9
v
Binkley
2
Topic Case Material 10 14
4
from
-
-
Kedarnath
Bhattacharya vs Gone Muhammad 10 -
Il
↳ Dutton v Poole ,
Twedde v Atkinson
Exceptions to Doctrine
of Privity
↳ Nawab
Khwaja Muhammad Khan v Nawab Hussaini
Begum
v .
Abdul Aziz v.
Masami Ali 14
3 Topic -
3
from case material 15-16
Union Maddala
of India v Thathiah 15
Pradesh 16
Rajendra Kumar Verma v State
of Madhya
from material
4
Topic -
5 case
Khan Gul
17 -
,
+
Mohon Bibee Dharmodas Ghosh 17 18
.
vs Latina
Singh
-
Topic 2- case material - cases
All England law
Reports
g.
Case I # Mrs Calill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co [1891-4] ALL ER 127
Advertises
Company Pointed
"
" "
with
Smoke Ball advertisement will
fuontmct
"
→ methods
per cold
→
usage
as →
No one
Influenza or
Pounds
If still contracts → Reward of 100
Plaintiff
e.
Mrs
"
Castille
Bought the smoke balls
"
→
used them as
lpsescribed in the advertisements →
carbolic Smoke
Company defence 's - :
↳ ① General
offers need no
formal notice
of acceptance ,
mere
fulfillment of conditions makes it
accepted .
② As Mrs Carlile did complete her steps of prescription as mentioned in the advertisement ,
makes her
a
party to contract .
② It the conditions
of the offer fulfilled by the acceptor
enough that
is are .
1952 ALL ER
w u w u u
Too
]
t
←
tea
>
On
April 13 1953
,
→ a customer enters the
shop to
7k¥'M
-
→
'T
Is In
¥
purchase medicine
,
same time a
person from pharmaceutical
Customer Past 1
picked a medicine → contained substance listed in
of poison list under sect
of Pharmacy & Poison Act , 1933 .
①
syrup of hypophosphite - 0.23% wlv
② fennel syrup -
0.23% w/ v codeine
WH →
weight by volume
Pharmaceutical & Poison
Society brought against defendant for violating Sec 18 Cilla) of Pharmacy Agt
→
case
, .
Counsel
of the Plaintiff States that defendant enlisted & shelves
→
the the
days medicine on the with
Counsel
of defendant slates that this the
:
form of shop is
nothing different than
primitive design of shops
where the buyer to
shopkeeper &
used ask the
regarding the medicine the
pharmacist or
Here
assistant used to pass on the medicine .
even
though the customers are
free to
pick the medicines , yet the
pharmacist verifies each sale
before checkout .
Question ? -
whether the sale is
complete before the intended fuoehaser paid his
money ?
Is here an
offer to sell or
offer to buy ?
an
as
offer to sell
,
it puts us in a
very dangerous position where if the purchaser
wishes their basket will
to remove
any
item out
of violate the contract .
will have to
bury the
picked book .
Case II # Balfour v Balfour Case :
facts :
① A couple resides in
Ceylon →
Holiday →
England →
wife ill →
advised to
stay in
Egland
Husband had to return to
Ceylon
② Husband send
agrees to 30 Pounds per month as her maintenance expenses .
③ for later
difference husband
few months he
paid b/w couple stopped paying
→ →
Contention Pasties
of the :
to claim
that she has the
right the amount
for maintenance
agreed by her husband
→
At
of making agreement there to create
legal relations
→
the time are no intensions .
amount
of maintenance .
(
Had these
agreement been written
/ consideration existed →
might have been a contract )
( 1872)
seller Buyer
a
facts
or
.
→ kedia →
Defendant I Appealant Girdharikd →
Plaintiff / Respondent
& loker court
system:* d Wer court stpeme court
khamgaon ( Maharashtra
) Ahmedabad
Question
ITI
→
→
Telephonic conversation b/w respondent & fdaintift over sale purchase of cotton seed cakes -
.
→
Plaintiff bought suit
for decree of Rs 31150 as defendant did not supply Ahmedabad City
a
CTC in
civil
Khamgaon vs Ahmedabad ? In
of telephone tutorsLindseyMiles far east
wonmianme.amcase →
In
case
letters
→
Adamson V
v .
when of
ka.YY.jp.ae
→
case
is contract
complete ?
→
won
a
Dunlop v Vincent
Higgins by
↳ Sect Indian Contract Act → Proposer →
fsoposal sent & acceptor accepter
Justice
Hidayatullah
Acceptor →
place of jurisdiction
where
acceptance Here
is
confirmed
khamgaon
→ v
Corporation
↳
Plaintiff → London (via Telex similar to
telephone ) → with
agent of company (sitting Holland
) Company HQ (
→ New York ' 's
CRITICISM :
4 Scenarios
possible :
① Acceptance →
fully heard →
our case
② Telephone fails
confirmed .
① Acceptance →
fully heard →
③ Long Distance →
Shouts but acceptance could not be heard
again
time → Contract if
A dissents
&
Lindell ( Post)
artifact If accepts .
Dunlop v Vincent
Higgins Sec
3440dg Rest all scenarios
Indian contract
Act , 1872 .
→
In the Mr Shukla Rs 501 hand bills to whoever
meantime
,
announces a reward
of in -
brings his
nephew .
In
few days returns with
nephew from Cawnpore
→
munim Haridwar to .
he
ever since
returned .
→
files Mr Shukla his
a case
against for Rs 499
after leaving job .
Plaintiffiscounsd General
offer existed -
Mr Datt completed the required conditions → He is
eligible for rewards Hence Bug .
Hence no award .
Court agreed to
defendant 's counsel and also stated that when Mr Datt took the
responsibility to
go
out
Facey owned
Bumper Hall Pen ( piece of land)
hater
Harvey discovers that
Pacey
-
To :
Facey To :
Harvey To :
Pacey → Breach
of contract
from from
from :
Harvey
:
Facey :
Harvey is
selling the Pen to
city council .
plead by plaintiff
→
will
you
sell the lowest
price He
agreed to
Harvey sued
Facey
for Bumper
→
Hall
→
Pen
Hall Pen ? buy the
Bumper & wants to
Pen was 900
Telegraph lowest
bounds
send him the
Trial court Loses
price
-
Harvey
.
cash deed .
Telegraph I
Telegraph 2
Telegraph 3 Appeal court →
Harvey wins
Privy Council →
Facey wins
states that
statement
Privy council not
"
offer
simple question
.
as
same
is to
to
.
Case # Fellhouse v
Bindley :
1862
"
flethouse
"
, ,
Contention pasties
of the
:
" "
felthouse 's
Thus
Bindley liable
for Of
→
was conversion the same in name .
Decision of court :
→ Coast said mere silence can 't be treated as
acceptance .
Plaintiff Defendant
Facts kedamdhBhaltachesg.is Municipal commissioner
of Howrah & one
of the trustees
of Howrah Town Hall
fund
Trust came
up with a
subscription plan → Rs 100
Goriemahcgned →
Also a subscriber
of this plan to raise
money for
town hall
d
No subscribers
of I
increased
Trust
felt
&
now construction can be
pursued
contract
foamed Commissioner & A contractor ( for construction
Defendant subscribers
was + t
&
construction plan →
was
passed → new subscriber
kept coming
More
funds .
Old
With
play of construction initial
budget 26 ooo Rs
-
new →
money
→
.
to
I
Said no consideration ,
no
benefits
on this
faith .
Consideration ?
O
Plaintiff →
faith of subscriber
Defendant
→
Cause
of charitable toast
VERDICT
CONTRADICTING
L
CASE
contract valid as consideration exists
f
ABDUL AZIZ
mas um Ah ,
subscription Discussed in case VI
of these notes
↳ HIT ITT ? →
Indian 1872
Doctrine
of Privity See 2 (d) Consideration Mnet:
→ the
dating privily effects
→ →
,
see 2
Do quote → Nawab
Khawaja Muhammad Khan v Nawab Hussaini
Begum ( discussed below)
As
long as these is a consideration , it is immaterial who has
famished it .
wmidm.to?tdanghterioom:qo.m.ge.toher#swd!oH
Case : DUTTON v Poole → 1677 (initial case )
father I son
t ↳
Son
son
says give the
DqgYand filed suit against son
for beach
of contact says them a
.
a
→
wanted to sell a
log of log to me
,
i'll
give & son who htt ?
you ?
MT
was
yw father ,
are
:÷¥÷÷÷
* Tweddle vs Atkinson ( 1861)
↳ Position
of pasty who is not a
O O
da both said kids will
f father you merry we
give you certain
amount
father father
son
Bride's
daughter Ings father failed to
page → Son in law sued the bride 's
father
Brides he
father defended saying
contract was
b/w father's , plaintiff is not
pasty to contract
"
Minty
"
his Doctrine
benefit →
of .
⑧ Stranger to contact
of doctrine
of Privity .
→ even
though beneficiaries .
case in hand
f. For better .
understanding .
qi Gi Defendants flea
→
HIATT ?
Mother
Daughter
do y t
Doctrine
of Privity * read
from Ifs!
Mother said i’ll transfer the →
Daughter refuses to
→
Maternal Aunt drags her I t
property to you but you’ll the Court said Plaintiff already had the benefits of
so once she
gets
→ to
to count law
have to pay Rs 653 per annum of .
in saturn
you being the owner of the land has
fulfil that duty.
Duty
↳ she is getting nothing
consideration .
Poole
therefore
no
O
facts :
k
h →
father
He
promised 500 Rs
perpetuity if you marry my
son .
qq.tiagsheagreedqea-aee-ypa.g.mg
status
many after attaining major father defence
in law 's
to
gigs: :in:gY÷:
""
Hussaini
; Proven
Husband .
Trial court →
Lady
looses →
miscount
④ But the married home & Betel
Bguqmi.org she left leaf expense was not
paid
nppeae coast
&
Affirms that the contract was
for
her benefit she has ,
a valid consideration
& can sue & coast overruled .
Exception to
Privity :
cases
Cased
Dapto vs
Jaspat Rai
h
Lady left home due to
cruelty -
Husband makes
agreement
with
father in law
wife ftgeadtowhe;
I
pay you .
I
court
says exception Defendant plead ← case
← sued ←
cruelty happened
of marriage
in case
Doctrine
of dimity
settlement
3rd
③ Acknowledgement / ESTOPPEL - : Person →
Binding obligation
Foreign : A sells a
phone to B & asks to
pay the sum to C & all 3 know
of this
⑨ Covenants
running with land :
any obligation while dealing with land .
↳ Tuck Moxie Ay
vs
(not too important
Sec 2 (d) →
At the desire
of the
promiser ,
Plaintiff built shops collector 's order ( Dc) and lends those shops to vendors
Er Er if some on .
, rejects ,
he goes
to law
court
of .
commission was
paid .
Kedarnath honk Mohammed I these notes
case
of
→
v .
↳
classical example of consideration where the
beneficiary really do not
get much
yet the Ivalice
I
.
↳ Feb 1928
Repairs of a
temple → →
Oct 1928
the
money
coast stated Sec Hd ) Indian constraints Act 1872 I
of ,
To which the
+
k
receive
responded
As
Court asked list , did per your promise I faith to
they
wrote their name in a
they neither
tpaymmt I increased liability
to repaid
Anything repair the temple ,
nor to abstain the
allows taken
court
?
name
where is the consideration →
the list
back
from
.
money
As started
work never
,
no consideration fulfilled → no consideration ,
no contract , hence
defendant
acquitted
Kedarnath →
Domiswami →
Abdul Aziz → Venkata
chinmaya s Nawab
Topic 3 - case material - cases
Case # Union
of India v Maddala Thathiah : 1966
, t
Plaintiff RespondentHigh court ruled in the
Trial court ruled against
Mr Maddala , stating Admin
Magog favour of Mr Maddala ,
reserved the right to cancel appeal in Supreme Court
facts → General
Manager of Railway invited tenders
for supply of jaggery to
railway grain shops .
A
"
→
Pasa 9 asked
security deposit
the tenderer to submit a .
→
Respondent won the tender & submitted his
security deposit
.
[ Rs 7900 )
→
Dates
for delivery were March I
,
March 22
,
5
Afrit & 21
April ,
1998
of 3500 mounds each
fl mound =
3732kg)
On March 8,1948 General Manager informed
the
Deputy the
respondent that contract is cancelled &
→
no
further delivery is
required .
Notice also contained that 14000 mounds total formal orders will be
despite the
quantity of individual placed
→
as
,
for each
delivery of jaggery .
ruled
High Court in
favour of Mr Maddock .
→ for each
delivery . Railways were to send a
formal order
of 3500 mounds
each .
→ On March 1
,
1948 we received 3500 mounds & on March 8 , 1948 we
→
Next
delivery was scheduled
for
Masek 22
,
1948 (so we
informed prior to date
reservation cancel
of sight
as to a .
Facts : → It is a writ
petition under Article 226 ( High court ) .
gave were →
a , an
sniffs:!7nd
"
( and requested
"
→
Tenders 9
"
April
were to be opened on
,
1969 .
plaintiffslouns.ee :
① In the first place ,
he had withdrawn his tender , before it was opened & accepted
Therefore no contract on the
behalf of petitioner .
↳ No contract
Therefore b/w Mr Verne &
govt of Madhya Pradesh →
Meaning no
Recovery .
tender
of any
unit
of a division
before commencement
of opening of tenders
only cord
"
② As tender
this the
only filled violates
"
was
,
it cord to
(b) Ci) ,
so withdrawal can 't be
accepted .
VERDI : Coast
says that a
person who makes an
offer is entitled to withdraw his
tender
offer or
before its acceptance is intimated to him .
refer to
As the request for withdrawal &
Article agg & 299kg
was not denied , petitioner asked
for it
, therefore there was no
offer
along with a slide 300
by petitioner when the tender was
opened .
Therefore ,
no contract → no
recovery
.
Of Constitution
of India .
Age > 21
( if legal a
appointed)
gelded
case
High Court been
wimmtt.fm#ebeeo%9eJbecausNeotaga7LfI&
Lahore
with minor
,
↳ contract
Case # MOHON BIBEE vs DHAR Mo Das Ghosn ,
19oz
about
↳ contract with minor with
prior knowledge age
turning Sept of 1895
gaurdianyfge
20 → 21 in
exists
Dharmodas -
loan taker I ↳
gaurdian → SM
togendanundinee Dasi
(Mother
) →
legal custodian
of
those
property of son
Togendra mother
movable & immovable appointed by Calcutta
-
Nandinee
Brahmo → Money
owner
of various
property High Court
m.a.mn?.i:Y: 7,!BD-*ODharmgdas
Datt
lender
"
loam
÷??!Mm !:b!9.
Ghosn need he his
.
so
matte one
of
lender
from at , " :*. .
.
hmong
a
loan taken of ,
,
20 1895
,
↳ his Kedarnath
advanut taken was in
dispute
agent →
④ Joginder Nandini Sent notice to Kedarnath (Attorney) stating DHAR Mo DAS GHOSH
→ →
→
a is a
on date 15
July 1895
minor ,
so can 't be a
pasty to contact
↳ to execution
5
days prior
of mortgage
④ Kedarnath
Mitter d
( agent of Brahmo dah →
took in
waiting
→
from Dharma das Ghosh that
ogusdogaton.Y.infoEYEfrom gaffatiafwuotppofann.jo?nfEY7quaevidFgeadidn
he
the
town
.
attained majority of H' Sune 1895
In lower court
&
(Howrah)
stating
→ minor not fit to be
pasty to a contract
Appeal ↳
in Calcutta
High Court :
favour Mr Ghosh
of again
Appeal in Privy
↳
Council ( British Highest Coast)
Till then
wanted use
Mr Brahm died datt ,
case continued by his
wife Monon BIBEE
of see
640065 ← Motion
d
Bibee vs Dharmadas
t
Ghosh ( name
changed in appeal after death)
also
restoration Plaintiff
ruffian"!:E7Y:Y;t;q÷wsw
no
in
Defendant
therefore Privy council
g.
or
1
Privy Council said : Contract with a minor is VOID -
AaB -
INITIO NOT VOIDABLE
void
Highest
court of from the
beginning
Commonwealth
Appeal
in
& also Estoppel not
applicable on minor for misrepresentation underEvidence
see 115
& pm*snag
.
Privy council
,
it was known that
they are
contracting with a minor .
↳
full knowledge of minority
on account .
④ Coast said
"
One who
"
seeks must do
equity , equity .
d
↳ Minor sold
Plaintiff ,
immovable
property by misrepresenting himself for 17500 Rs .
↳
paid 8000 Rs cash
before Sub
registrar →
after receiving money Lak ha
Singh refused to
give posession of property seeking aid
of minority .
Khan
gul requested → either restoration or
posession
Contract void valid ordered
→ .
→
specific performance of possession not yet coast return
of money stating that
the coast
of equity can 't allow a minor to take adv .
of
minority where he
himself is
committing the
fraud .