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Section 37 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 refers to apportionment by estate. In this light,…

Section 37 of the Transfer of Property Act deals with apportionment of an obligation such as rent on severance of the property by transfer of shares; before its enactment…

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Section 37 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 refers to apportionment by estate. In this light, before the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, when a tenancy was severed by the sale of shares in the reversion, the tenant was still obliged to pay the rent to all shares jointly:

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Section 37 of the Transfer of Property Act deals with apportionment of an obligation such as rent on severance of the property by transfer of shares; before its enactment the tenant remained obliged to pay rent to all shareholders jointly "Unless an apportionment had been agreed to by all the parties."

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