section 59
This is a valid contract to deliver rice and void agreement as to the opium.
The Contract Act, 1977Civil1977192 sections
Statutory text
Application of payment where debt to be discharged is indicated Application of payment where debt to be discharged,indicated.-Where a debtor, owing several distinct debts to one person, makes a payment to him, either with express intimation, or under circumstances implying that the payment is to be applied to the discharge of some particular debt, the payment, if accepted, must be applied accordingly.
Illustrations.
- (a) A owes B, among other debts, 1,000 rupees upon a promissory note which falls due on die first June. He owes B no other debt of that amount: On the first June A pays to B 1,000 rupees. The payment is to be applied to the discharge of the promissory note.
- (b) A owes to B, among other debts, the sum of 567 rupees. B writes to A and demands payment of this sum. A sends to B 567 rupees.
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