[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v4.c63.538 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.538 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.538 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.538](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.538) ⁶⁶⁵ For example, if A establishes that he lent a sum to B but if the latter establishes that he repaid the amount, this later fact of repayment is decisive of the dispute if A files a suit for recovery of the money. If A mortgages a field to B for a loan and then mortgages the same field to C, the mortgage of B, being prior, is superior to that made in favour of C The same principle is laid down in section 48 of the Transfer of Property Act (IV. of 1882). - [Previous: v4.c63.537](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.537) - [Next: v4.c63.539](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.539) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.538](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.538) · Pramāṇa