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\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2702453 nts however in the agreement are}{\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid2702453 divisible and therefore still valid, \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274 \par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid12468274 Sir ALFRED YOUNG, C.J.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 This is a case in which the plaintiff founds his claim upon a certain agreement dated the 9th day of November, 1922, and made between the parties to the action; with the exception of a further small claim for money paid by the plaintiff for the defendant at his request. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 At the close of the evidence of the plaintiff Mr. Crompton of counsel for the defendant raised the objection in law that the agreement of the 9th November, 1922 (exhibit B), was fraudulent and void in that it did not comply with the Bills of Sale Ordinance No. 3 of 1879. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 In the course of his argument he submitted that the agreement (exhibit B) came within the definition of a Bill of Sale under section 3 of the Bills of Sale Ordinance, and in such case was fraudulent and void since it did n ot comply with the requirements as to attestation and registration prescribed by section 8 of the Ordinance. He further submitted that if void, it was void for all purposes, and did not admit of one part being treated as divisible from another.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274\charrsid9858652 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 Mr. Mann i n reply submitted that the defendant having derived benefit under the agreement was estopped by his conduct from now treating the agreement as invalid. The point has been argued at considerable length, and a great number of}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 cases have been cited on either sid}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13308652 e indicating the complex nature}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 of the point in issue}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13308652 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 Defendant's counsel ha}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11488167 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 in the first place pointed out that by the provisions of sect}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274 i}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 on 8 of the Bills of Sale Ordinance 1879, a Bill of Sale not complying with the requirements of the section in r espect of attestation and registration shall be fraudulent and void and that there is no limitation to this provision, as in the case of the corresponding }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11488167 s}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 ection - No. 8 of the Bills of Sale Act 1878 (Imperial). Under that section there is a limitation, r endering an unregistered Bill of Sale void for specific purposes, and not void as between grantor and grantee (see }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid12468274 Davis v. Goodman}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 , 5 C.P., 1879-80, p. 128).}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274\charrsid9858652 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 Mr. Mann submits that a similar limitation should be read into our local Bills of Sale Ordinance . I can gather no such intention from the Ordinance itself and am not prepared to place any such interpretation upon the section. The words must be construed in their ordinary meaning and without any limitation. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 In this connection I would point out that a similar provision is to be found in section 9 of the Bills of Sale Act 1882 (Imperial) which provides that a Bill of Sale which is not in accordance with the schedule form is void }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11488167 without any limitation whatever.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4857848 The princip}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 l}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4857848 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 therefore of a Bill of Sale given by way of security for the payment of money being void }{ \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid12468274 in toto}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 has been accepted by the English Legislature.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274\charrsid9858652 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 Mr. Mann further submits that the defendant is estopped by his conduct from now treatin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4931024 g the Bill of Sale as invalid. }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 True, according to the evidence, he has enjoyed the use of the lands and the chattels referred to under the agreement, but}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274 it cannot be said of him in th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 e language of }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid12468274 Pickard v. Sears}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4931024 , 6 A.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 & E. at page 474, "that by his words or conduct he wilfully caused the plaintiff to believe in the evidence of a certain }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4931024 state of things and induced him}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position." There is no evidence that the defendant induced the plaintiff to alter h is position, nor that the plaintiff altered his position in consequence of the defendant's statements. The nearest decided case I can find in support of Mr. Mann's argument is that of }{ \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 Roe v}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 .}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 The Mutual Loan Fund Limited}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 (19 Q.B.D., 1887, p. 347). In that c ase the Court of Appeal held, reversing the judgment of Pollock, B., that the plaintiff in the case the grantor of the Bill of Sale having in bankruptcy proceedings treated a Bill of Sale as valid, and obtained thereby an advantage to himself, could not i n a subsequent action allege that the Bill of Sale was invalid so as to entit}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4931024 le him to recover in the action}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 .}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 The facts}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 in the present case are readily distinguishable, the defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274 has not treated the agreement (}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274\charrsid4931024 Exhibit B}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12468274 )}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 as valid for the purposes of one set of legal proceedings, and gained an advantage thereby, and now turned round and treated it as invalid; he has in the first instance come into Court and denied the validity of the agreement (exhibit B) as being fraudulent and void for not complying wi th the provisions of the Bills of Sale Ordinance 1879; and assuming that exhibit }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid3358690 B}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 is a Bill of Sale it is certainly fraudulent and void for non-compliance with the requirements as to attestation and registration of section 8 of the Ordinance. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 And now I come to the fundamental objection raised in the case. Is the agreement of the 9th November, 1922 (exhibit }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3358690 B}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 ), a Bill of Sale within the meaning of section 3 of the Bills of Sale Ordinance 1879.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 \par Against any such finding Mr. Mann has cited the following cases:-}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid802804 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 1. }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 In re Hall, ex parte Close }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 , 14 Q.B.D., p. 386. \par 2. }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 Marsden v. Meadows}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 , 7 Q.B.D. p. 80. \par 3. }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 McEntire v. Crossley Bros.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 , A.C. 1895, p. 457. \par 4. }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway v. North Central Waggon Company}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 , 13 A.C. p. 554. \par 5. }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 Ex parte Crawcour - In re Robertson}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 , 9 C.D., p.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 419. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid802804 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 \par After examining the facts upon which these cases respectively were decided I have come to the conclusion that the facts in the present case would not justify my following the decision arrived at in an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 y} {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 one of those cases, inasmuch as I am satisfied that there was no pledge of chattels as in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 Hall's}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 case, nor can exhibit }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1716844 B}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 be construed to be a hiring agreement as in the last three cases referred to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1716844 ;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 and in }{ \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 Marsden v. Meadows}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 there was no question of any charge over the property transferred. The case of }{ \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 Charlesworth v. Mills}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12541625 (61}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 L.J.Q.B. 1892, p. 30) was also cited by the learned counsel; in my opinion it is of no application for the last mentioned reason. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 By the agreemen t, clause 1, defendant is permitted to carry on upon the lands mentioned the business of a dairyman and for that purpose to have the use of the lands subject to the legal right of the plaintiff to possession, together with the chattels and fences referred to. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 By c}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10163309 lause 2, defendant is to pay \'a340}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 down to plaintiff, and \'a310 on the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10163309 ninth day of each month until h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 e has paid the sum of \'a3 330, which is the agreed value of the chattels and fences.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 \par Cla}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10163309 use 6}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 clearly confers on the plaintiff a charge on the chattels or fences when it }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10163309 provides that the defendant shall}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 not until payment in full of the \'a3330 sell or dispose of any of}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 the chattels or fences without the consent in writing of the plaintiff and contains a further covenant for replacing chattels sold, lost, destroyed or worn out.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 \par Is not the true effect of these clauses first a sale of the chattels and then a re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 grant by way of charge to give the plaintiff a security for his purchase money? The plaintiff in his evidence has said "I agreed to sell the dairy cows, &c., (25 cows, 1 bull, milking-pails and dairy utensils, 12 or 14 calves); defendant was to pay \'a3 40 in cash and \'a310 per month." Exhibit B, clause 2, gives effect to that agreement and security is taken in clauses 5 and 6. Section 3 of the Bills of Sale Ordinance 1879 defines a Bill of Sale, and includes, }{ \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid10163309 inter alia}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 , "Any agreement, whether intended or not to be followed by the execution of any other instrument, by which a right in equity to any personal chattels, or to any charge or security thereon, shall be conferred."}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 \par If I had had any doubt as to the nature and effect of clauses 2, 5 and 6 it would be set at rest by the case (not cited in argument) of }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 Coburn v. Collins}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 , 35 C.D., p. 373. The facts in that case are somewhat complicated by the property i n question being the subject matter of a trust, but the agreement itself is clear enough. Clause 1 of that agreement provided for the sal}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4012155 e}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 of certain property, clause 2 for the purchase, clause 3 created a lien or charge on the property sold for the pay}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 m}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 ent of the agreed purchase price. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 It was held that under th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 e agreement the property in the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 chattels passed, and that }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4487419 the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 clause in the agreement conferring a lien or charge for the purchase mone}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4487419 y operated as a Bill of Sal}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 e within sections 4 and 8 of the Bills of Sale Act 1878, and not having been registered}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 was void. I have decided that under clause 2 of exhibit B there was a sale, i.e., an agreement to sell send}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4487419 an agreement to purchase, and I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 have further decided that c lauses 5 and 6 of exhibit B confer a lien or charge for the purchase money in favour of the plaintiff over the chattels sold. It follows therefore that the agreement, in my opinion, operates as a Bill of Sale, and is fraudulent and void pursuant to sectio n 8 of the Bills of Sale Ordinance 1879.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 \par There remains now the question as to whether the agreement being void as a Bill of Sale contains an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 y}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 covenants which may still be valid. Mr. Crompton submits that the provisions of the agreement are not severable in that it does not operate as a letting of land, nor as an assignment or separate taking of land, but merely the use of the land with permission to carry on the business of a dairyman. In this connection clause 1 provides for the use by the defendant of th e }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 l}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 ands referred to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 subject to the legal right of plaintiff to possession - what meaning was to attach to these concluding words the plaintiff has failed to explain; further, by clause 3, the defendant is to be entitled to the whole of the profits from the dairy and lands; and lastly under clause 4 defendant is to pay to plaintiff all rents, rates and taxes due upon the lands. It does seem to me that the covenants contained in these clauses are divisible from the covenants which operate as a Bill of Sale, a l though closely connected it cannot be said that they are inseparable from and dependent upon one another. The plaintiff agrees to permit defendant to use the lands, and the defendant agrees to pay the rents, rates and taxes to plaintiff for the same when due. I do not find that this agreement is to stand or fall whether or no the defendant fulfils the terms of the payment under clause 2 of the agreement, nor do I find that the defendant by the agreement has }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 in any way mortgaged or hypothe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 cated the leases to the plaintiff, or in other words that the plaintiff has any lien or charge in respect thereof.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 \par In the case of }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid802804 Davies v. Rees}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 , 17 Q.B.D. 1886, p. 408, relied upon by the learned counsel the Court held that a covenant for the payment of principal and inter est formed an integral part of a Bill of Sale and therefore if the Bill of Sale were void it would fail. The covenants referred to do not in my opinion form an integral part of a Bill of Sale; they are separate and independent.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 \par I find therefore that so much of the plaintif}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4487419 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804 s claim as is founded on the B}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802804\charrsid9858652 ill of Sale must fail and that the plaintiff is entitled to recover from the defendant the rent, rates and taxes, if any, in terms of the covenants contained in the agreement.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1972231\charrsid802804 \par }}