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\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13136169 Ram Prasad Gosai
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13136169 s/o Harbans
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\par Mr.K.C. Ramrakha,}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3284342 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13136169  Counsel for the Plaintiff
\par Dr. S.M. Sahu Khan, }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3284342 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13136169 Counsel for the Defendants.
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15736608 The plaintiff possessed a mechanical loader which he had mortgaged to Suva Motors Limited under a bill of sale.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12061634 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15736608 
\par Before that Bill of Sale was discharged the plaintiff purported to sell the loader to the defendants for $21,000. The defendants paid a deposit of $5000 and gave the plaintiff a bill of sale for $16000 dated {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname date}
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. Under the bill of sale the defendants were to pay the plaintiff instalments of $1000 per month.
\par 
\par No in
stalment was paid and the plaintiff seized and sold the loader for $4,600. He now sues the defendants for the balance owing under the bill of sale and is applying to enter judgment under 0.14 r.1 on the ground that there is no defence to the plaintiff}{
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\par The defendants allege that they were unaware that the loader was subject to bill of sale in favour of Suva Motors when they purchased it from the plaintiff and that in consequence the bill of sale which they granted to the plaintiff was void. It is s
ubmitted by the defendants that the pre-existing bill of sale in favour of Suva Motors amounted to a defeasance whereby that granted by the defendants could be defeated}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12272672 
. I am not sure that that argument is tenable if the defendants were not parties to the defeasance provision.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15736608 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12272672 
\par What the defendants actually received from the plaintiff under the contract of sale was not possession from a person who could convey a legal title to the loader but an equity of redemption couple with possession. If the plaintiffs h
ad been owners and not }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15475314 mortgagors}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12272672 
 of the loader the defendants would still only have held an equity of redemption and possession, because they were mortgaging the loader to the plaintiff. But the defendants on paying the $16,000 would have had the right to
 claim a legal title from the plaintiffs had the latter held the loader as owner and not as }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15475314 mortgagors}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12272672 
 under the bill of sale to Suva Motors. As matters stood the defendants on paying the $16,000 would only have had the right to stand in the shoes of the p
laintiffs which would simply be the right to pay off anything the plaintiffs owed to Suva Motors and then demand the legal title.
\par 
\par The defendants, if their affidavits are true, were subject to the claims of a }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15475314 mortgagee}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12272672 , namely Suva Motors Limited of whose 
existence they were unaware.
\par 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12992303 
On the other hand the plaintiffs swear that the defendants were fully aware of the bill of sale already held by Suva Motors; that only a small amount was owing thereunder and that this was paid off by the plaintiffs about 6 months after the defendants }{
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 the loader. Consequently the plaintiffs were in position to convey legal ownership under the dispute bill of sale whenever the defendants paid off what was owing. Of course if it is true that the defendants were parties
 to such an arrangement they may be liable under the bill of sale.
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\par Questions which could arise if the plaintiffs}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3214349 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12992303  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15475314 allegations are}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12992303  true include whether an equity of redemption of the nature held by the plaintiffs under the pre-existing bill of sale with Su
va Motors is a chose in action under the Bill of Sale Ord. Cap.202. If so it cannot be the subject of a bill of sale.
\par 
\par Any decision must depend upon which party is being truthful and such determination can only be arrive at by way of trial.
\par 
\par The application of the plaintiff is dismissed. The defendants are granted leave to defend. The plaintiffs will pay the costs hereof which I fix at $30.00.
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gd.) J.T. WILLIAMS,
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12992303 LAUTOKA,
\par 13th July, 1979.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12992303\charrsid12992303 
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