High CourtsDivision Bench(1905) 08 MAD CK 0011

Manickam Pillai vs Ramalinga Pillai and Others

Madras High Court · Decided on 21 August 1905 · Citation: (1906) ILR (Mad) 120

HON’BLE JUDGES
Davies, J · Benson, J

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The reversioner had nothing to sell. The right of a presumptive reversionary heir under the Hindu Law is no more than a spes successionis or

expectancy of succeeding to the property. This has been clearly ruled by Privy Council in Bahadur Singh v. Mohor Singh ILR 24 All. 94. Such an

expectancy cannot be transferred u/s 6 of the Transfer of Property Act Narasimham v. Madavrayulu 13 M.L.J. 323.

2.

We dismiss the second appeal with costs.