Reviewed case brief
Balkishen Das v. Legge
(1899) 22 All 149
## Summary
- Court
- Allahabad High Court
- Year
- 1899
- Subjects
- Property Law
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-30
Rule established
Courts look behind the form to the substance; a conditional sale intended as security for a debt is a mortgage, not a sale
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
Mulla TPA 13th ed.
Educational summary only. Read the reported judgment or an authorised law report before relying on the case professionally.