Question

Principle: A condition must be complied in order to claim the benefit of an agreement.
Facts: A agrees to transfer a farm to B, if B shall not go to England within three years after the date of the agreement, his interest in the farm shall cease. B does not go to England within the term prescribed.

• A. B’s interest in the farm continues
• B. B’s interest in the farm does not continue
• C. B has a fundamental right to go to England or not to go to England and hence the condition is illegal
• D. The agreement between A and B is void

Hint:

Conditions that affect a party’s rights must be fulfilled for the rights to continue under the agreement.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

As per the principle, a condition must be complied with in order to claim the benefit of an agreement. In this case, B's interest in the farm depends on not going to England within the specified time. Since B did not go to England within the prescribed time, his interest in the farm ceases as per the terms of the agreement.
Thus, the correct answer is (B). B’s interest in the farm does not continue.
Option (A) is incorrect because B’s interest in the farm ceases as per the agreement. Option (C) is incorrect because the condition is not illegal, and B is free to decide whether or not to go to England. Option (D) is incorrect because the agreement is not void; the condition simply results in the cessation of B’s interest in the farm.

Answer 2

Here the agreement ties B's interest in the farm to whether he goes to England within three years. The wording says that if B does not go, his interest ceases. B, in fact, did not go to England within the prescribed period. Let's test each option against that wording.

1. B's interest in the farm continues: This would only be correct if not going to England kept B's interest alive. But the agreement plainly states the opposite, that not going within the three years is what ends the interest, so this option contradicts the agreement's own terms.
2. B's interest in the farm does not continue: B did not travel to England within the three-year window, which is exactly the event the agreement says will end his interest. Applying the condition to claim the benefit, as the principle requires, means B's interest comes to an end here.
3. B has a fundamental right to go to England or not, so the condition is illegal: Whether or not B has a right to travel doesn't make a private contractual condition illegal. Parties are free to attach consequences to a person's choices in an agreement; that alone doesn't violate any right.
4. The agreement between A and B is void: Nothing in the facts suggests the agreement lacks legal validity. A condition subsequent that ends an interest on a stated event is a standard, enforceable term, not a void one.

Reading the condition exactly as worded and matching it to what actually happened, B not travelling to England within three years, shows his interest in the farm has come to an end.

So the correct answer is B's interest in the farm does not continue.

Answer 3

This question hinges on reading the condition exactly as worded rather than assuming what compliance should mean in the abstract. Each wrong option can be traced to a specific misreading of that wording.

1. B's interest in the farm continues: This option reverses the direction of the condition. The agreement says the interest ends if B does NOT go to England within three years; treating non-travel as preserving the interest is the exact opposite of what the clause states.
2. B's interest in the farm does not continue: This option reads the clause exactly as drafted. B did not travel to England within three years, which is precisely the event the agreement ties to cessation of his interest, so the interest ends.
3. B has a fundamental right to go to England or not, so the condition is illegal: This option confuses a personal right to travel with the separate question of whether a private contract may attach consequences to that choice. A person's freedom of movement does not disable parties from agreeing that an interest rises or falls on how that choice is exercised.
4. The agreement between A and B is void: This option treats an ordinary condition subsequent as if it undermined the whole agreement's validity. Nothing about tying an interest to travel makes the underlying agreement void; it is a standard, enforceable term.

Reading the clause as it is actually worded, and matching it to what happened, B did not travel, shows the interest has ended, not survived.

Therefore, the correct answer is B's interest in the farm does not continue.