https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285043 Denial of the landlord's title can support forfeiture only where the denial is clear and unambiguous, and mere non-payment of rent is insufficient by itself. Section 111 of the Transfer of Property Act requires the lessor to do an act showing an intention to determine the lease before suit is filed; the institution of the suit cannot itself satisfy that condition precedent. On the stated facts, even if mortgaging the house and land amounted to denial of title, the lessor's determining act still had to precede the proceedings, and filing the suit did not amount to valid compliance. en-us Sat, 04 Jan 1913 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:36:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285043 Denial of the landlord's title can support forfeiture only where the denial is clear and unambiguous, and mere non-payment of rent is insufficient by itself. Section 111 of the Transfer of Property Act requires the lessor to do an act showing an intention to determine the lease before suit is filed; the institution of the suit cannot itself satisfy that condition precedent. On the stated facts, even if mortgaging the house and land amounted to denial of title, the lessor's determining act still had to precede the proceedings, and filing the suit did not amount to valid compliance. Case-Laws Income Tax Sat, 04 Jan 1913 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285043