LAWS(MAD)-1982-7-26

AYYASAMI PILLAI Vs. SUBBARAYA PILLAI

Decided On July 24, 1982
AYYASAMI PILLAI Appellant
V/S
SUBBARAYA PILLAI Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PLAINTIFFS 2 and 3, who succeeded before the trial Court, but lost their case before the lower appellate Court, are the appellants. The suit giving rise to the appeal was for redemption of a mortgage, or in the alternative, for specific performance of an agreement or reconveyance and for recovery of possession of the suit property.

(2.) THE case of the appellants is as follows:

(3.) THE trial Court framed as many as eight issues touching the various aspects of the case and held that Exhibit A-2 was only a mortgage deed by conditional sale and not a deed of outright sale that consequently, the appellants are entitled to redeem the property after paying the amount due as per Exhibit A-2 subject to scaling down under Act IV of 1938 that the first respondent was a necessary party to the suit, that Balakrishnan was not a necessary party to the suit, that the appellants are not estopped by conduct from claiming redemption the appellants are entitled to redemption and possession of the suit property and in view of this position, the question of granting the relief of reconveyance to the appellants does not arise. On the above findings, the trial Court passed a preliminary decree for redemption and possession in favour of the appellants.