{"id":219633,"date":"1898-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1898-08-15T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/baluswamy-vs-lakshmanan-and-ors-on-16-august-1898"},"modified":"2015-03-08T22:50:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T17:20:29","slug":"baluswamy-vs-lakshmanan-and-ors-on-16-august-1898","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/baluswamy-vs-lakshmanan-and-ors-on-16-august-1898","title":{"rendered":"Baluswamy vs Lakshmanan And Ors. on 16 August, 1898"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Baluswamy vs Lakshmanan And Ors. on 16 August, 1898<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (1898) 8 MLJ 193<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>1. I am asked to say that a purchaser who was also decree-holder may, in defiance of his own agreement, insist on an order under Section 318. It is clear to my mind that the Judge intended to find that there was an agreement between the parties and that under it Rs. 1,100 had been received by the purchaser. The case cited (Muttia v. Appasami, I.L.R., 13 M., 504) is an authority against the purchaser, for it shows that an agreement like the present may bind him.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. I dismiss the appeal with costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Baluswamy vs Lakshmanan And Ors. on 16 August, 1898 Equivalent citations: (1898) 8 MLJ 193 JUDGMENT 1. I am asked to say that a purchaser who was also decree-holder may, in defiance of his own agreement, insist on an order under Section 318. 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