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\par }{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5316010 CIVIL JURISDICTION}{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16743046\charrsid13523984 
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16743046 Plaintiff
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16743046\charrsid7020445 d/o Ram Swarup as Executrix}{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16743046\charrsid13523984 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16743046 Defendant
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9569346 Mr. S.M. Koya for the P}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16743046 laintiff
\par Mr. K.C. Ra}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13523984 mrakha for the Defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16743046 
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4861662\charrsid4861662 Plaintiff}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4861662\charrsid4861662 s claim is for specific perf}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13444591 ormance of an agreement dated 25th }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4861662\charrsid4861662 July 1967 by which defendant agreed to sell to plaintiff 150 acres of freehold land.}{
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\par 
\par The hearing of this case was, in many ways, most unsatisfac}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13444591 tory. It commenced at Suva on 15th }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4861662 Septemb
er 1975 but could not be concluded owing to defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4861662 s inability to travel due to partial paralysis. His evidence was }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13444591 taken later at Labasa Court on 4th }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4861662 March 1976. Counsel who represented plaintiff at this hearing had }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13444591 in}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4861662 su}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13444591 fficient instructions and at his}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4861662  application, which was not opposed, the case was adjourned to Suva to a date to be assigned for completion.
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1142259 
\par Owing to counsel}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1142259 s other commitments it was not possible to assign an early date. In the}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6501830  meantime, defendant died. On 29th }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1142259 November 1977 defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1142259 s widow Subhadra d/o Ram Swarup as Executrix was, by order of this Court, substituted as defendant. Counsel, however, requested that no date for completion be assigned for some}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11816893 time as an amicable settlement of the dispute was likely.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1142259 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11816893 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid752421 On 3rd }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11816893 November 1978
 counsel informed the Registrar of the Supreme Court that no settlement has been reached and asked for a date for completion. This}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid752421  case was finally completed on 8th }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11816893 December 1978.
\par 
\par The land in question is situated in Vanua Levu near Labasa. According to the certificate of title (Exhibit 2) the land, comprising 1,500 acres, belonged to three broth}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5316010 
ers the defendant Gaya Prasad, H}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11816893 ari Prasad and Shiu Prasad. Shiu Prasad}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11816893 
s one-third share was in 1958 tra}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9850201 nsmitted to his widow Sharda Wat}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11816893 i as administratrix. The la
nd which is delineated at the back of the certificate of title lies to the north of the Dreketi river.
\par 
\par In 1965 serious differences arose between Sharda Wati on the one hand and defendant Gaya Prasad and his brother Hari Prasad on the other and the matter we}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5316010 nt to Court. It was settled}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11816893  out of Court and the terms of settlemen}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13829210 t were signed by all three on 30th }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11816893 
January 1967. According to paragraph 6 of this document (Exhibit 4)}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11621527  the land was to be subdivided into three equal portions in accordance with a sketch 
plan drawn by T.A. Bowden, a surveyor and annexed to the terms of settlement (Exhibit 4). The sketch clearly shows three narrow rectangular areas running north from the Dreketi river, parallel to one another. Defendant}{
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2313848 On 25th }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11621527 July 1967 defendant entered into a sale and purchase agreement (Exhibit 1) with plaintiff under which he agreed to sell }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723047 "}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11621527 approximately 150 acres}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723047 "}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11621527  out of his portion of the land particularly enclosed in red on a sketch }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2313848 plan annexed to the agreement. The plan follows the sketch }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11621527 drawn by T.A. Bowden and is signed by plaintiff, defe}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8342924 ndant and the solicitor K. Chauh}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11621527 an. The red marking shows a rectangular area adjacent to the Dreketi river. On it are the word }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723047 "}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11621527 Ram Sa}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8342924 m}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1652646 ujh 150 acres}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723047 "}{
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\par Clauses 8 to 12 of the agreement are in following terms:-
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\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13528166  to }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2775959 date and the Vendor may sue for specific performance of this contract.
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11. The purchaser hereby agrees and declares that after the said land has been surveyed by the said Surveyor and his own boundary as to the said land defined he shall forthwith cause a new title to be issued in his own name at his own expense,
 and the vendor shall execute such papers and documents as maybe necessary to give and }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10299011\charrsid1723047 a}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10299011 
ffect a valid transfer of the said land in favour of the Purchaser.
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}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10299011  work as carried out by the said surveyor shall be final and binding.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723047 "}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10299011 
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9976389 According to Chau}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039 han}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039 
s evidence which I accept Bowden was unwell and was not available 
to do the surveying. Another surveyor, Iqpal Mohammed was with the consent and approval of the three owners, requested to carry out the subdivision. This he did and submitted the plan to them which they al}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10311011 l signed. It was registered on 4th }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039 June 1970 as deposited plan No. 3572.
\par 
\par Defendant, in his evidence, admitted signing the plan. He also said,
\par 
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.The original idea was to get the area divided into 3 lots of 500 acres each. The middle one is mine. The}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9976389 re is a patch of 150 acres 17 pe}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039 
rches at the bottom of my piece. I had it surveyed. I had it marked out}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209119 .}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723047 "}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039\charrsid4861662 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16205519 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16205519 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3174945 D}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039 
efendant says that the agreement of sale and purchase was not explained to him and that the plan attached to him was not shown to him when he signed the agreement. I do not accept that evidence. I have no hesitation }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9976389 in accepting the evidence of Ch}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039 a}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9976389 u}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039 han the solicitor who, at that stage, acted for both the parties. Defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039 
s signature appears on the sketch plan attached to the agreement; it also appears on the sketch plan drawn by Bowden and the surveyed}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1402776  p
lan drawn by Iqbal Mohammed. I find it as a fact that defendant knew exactly the nature of the agreement he was entering into and that he did agree to sell to defendant approximately 150 acres adjacent to the river as marked on the attached plan. I also a
ccept that when surveyed in accordance with these instructions the exact area turned out to be 150 acres and 17 perches.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3956039 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3740467 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3030826 I am satisfied that}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3740467  the full agreed purchase price has been paid. I also find as a fact that soon after the agreem}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8934622 ent was signed plaintiff went on}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3740467 to the land in question with defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3740467 s knowledge and consent, and has been in possession of it ever since.
\par 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659 Defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659 s main argument is that specific performance may not be g}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5467474 ranted of the agreement dated 25th }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659 July 1967 as the sketch plan anne
xed to it does not describe the land with sufficient certainty. Boundaries are mere estimates and the figure 150 acres mere approximation. The sale was subject to survey and subdivision. The surveye}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5467474 d plan which was registered on 4th}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659  June 1970 as D.P.3572, 
and which properly defines the land in question cannot, says defendant, form part of the agreement whose specific performance is sought by plaintiff.
\par 
\par The main thing to decide, in my view, is whether, at the time the agreement was signed the identity of the land sufficiently fixed and the parties were ad idem.
\par 
\par Bowden}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659 s plan (Exhibit 4) showed clearly that the middle one of the three portions was defendant}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659 s land. Defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659 
s admits this. Plan annexed to the sale and purchase agreement follows this sketch and out of defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659 
s portion 150 acres adjacent to the river is marked in red. Apart from the river the other three boundaries are straight lines. I am satisfied that that is the piece of land, 150 acres more or less, defendant agreed to sell and plaintif
f agreed to purchase. The surveyor followed these instructions scrupulously and the exact area contained by the three straight boundaries and the river is 150 acres 17 perches. I do no}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12856353 t}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659  think there, at any time}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592 , was any uncertainty as to the identity of th
e land which was the subject of the agreement. (See Stonham on Vendor and Purchaser p. 167.) both parties knew and agreed that title would be given upon completion and registration of the subdivisional plan. This has now been done.}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1785659 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592 
\par Defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592 s counsel also complains of delay on plaintiff}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592 s part in seeking specific performance. This, however, he has not pleaded. }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9850201 In any case, while there has no}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592  doubt }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9850201 been }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592 
considerable delay in bringing this matter to Court, this has not been due to any fault on plaintiff}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592 s p
art. Agreement was signed in July 1967 but D.P.3572 was not registered until June 1970. This cannot be held against the plaintiff. There has also been all }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid271369 manner of delay since the writ w}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592 as issued. That again was not due to any fault on plaintiff}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592 s part. H
e has been in possession of, and cultivated, the land since the signing of the agreement.
\par 
\par I find that the sole reason for defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592 
s refusal in 1972 to give title was realisation on his part that a much higher price could then be obtained for this }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493 property owing to rapidly rising}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592  value of freehold land.
\par 
\par Under th}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9850201 ese circumstances it will be iniquitous}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052592  to deprive the plaintiff of the benefit of his bargain.
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493 
\par There will be a decree of specific performance in his favour.
\par 
\par As for}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid749409  the additional 17 perches, I am}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493 
 satisfied that this was as near as the surveyor could make it to 150 acres, in accordance with the instructions given to him. The whole are}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9850201 a}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9850201 w}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493 
as to be sold at a fixed total price of $2,800. The price was not fixed at so much per acre. If the area ha}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9850201 d}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493  tu
rned out to be 17 perches less than 150 acres, plaintiff could not have demanded a reduction of the purchase price. Likewise, in my view, defendant cannot claim any additional price for the 17 perches.
\par 
\par According to the evidence there seems, at some stage, to have been some informal talk between defendant and plaintiff about defendant returning the purchase money and keeping the land }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539 ha}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493\charrsid9731539 s}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid749409  n}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493 
othing came of it. This, in any case, is neither pleaded nor relied upon by the defendant and does not, therefore, arise for consideration.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10560493 {\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid749409 (}{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493\charrsid10560493 G. Mishra}{
\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid749409 )}{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493\charrsid10560493 
\par JUDGE}{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10560493 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493\charrsid9850201 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid749409 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493\charrsid9850201 Suva}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9731539\charrsid9850201 ,}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid749409\charrsid9850201 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12668293 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9850201\charrsid9850201 1st }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10560493\charrsid9850201 
February 1979}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12668293\charrsid9850201 
\par }}