LawgistThe Indian Contract Act
69Reimbursement of person paying money due by another, in payment of which he is interested
A person who is interested in the payment of money which another is bound by law to pay, and who therefore pays it, is entitled to be reimbursed by the other.
Illustration
B holds land in Bengal, on a lease granted by A, the zamindar. The revenue payable by A to the Government being in arrear, his land is advertised for sale by the Government. Under the revenue law, the consequence of such sale will be the annulment of B's lease. B, to prevent the sale and the consequent annulment of his own lease, pays to the Government the sum due from A. A is bound to make good to B the amount so paid.
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OF CERTAIN RELATIONS RESEMBLING THOSE CREATED BY CONTRACT
- 68 Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account
- 69 Reimbursement of person paying money due by another, in payment of which he is interested
- 70 Obligation of person enjoying benefit of non-gratuitous act
- 71 Responsibility of finder of goods
- 72 Liability of person to whom money is paid, or thing delivered, by mistake or under coercion
